The No 1 typhoon signal will remain in force until 10pm on Tuesday, the Hong Kong Observatory has said, adding that Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi has weakened further. As of 9am, Man-yi, now a tropical storm, was estimated to be about 370km south of Hong Kong and is forecast to move west at about 18km/h…
Climate change may have led to the record number of super typhoons in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean this year, including three that affected Hong Kong, a meteorologist has said. But the city was unlikely to be hit with any further typhoons in the remainder of the year despite the rare case of four…
Hong Kong Observatory will issue a No 1 signal on Monday morning as Super Typhoon Man-yi edges closer, while warning that the weather is expected to remain windy and temperatures will fall to 18 degrees Celsius (64.4 Fahrenheit) or below later this week. “Tropical Cyclone Man-yi will enter within 800km [497 miles] of Hong Kong…
Tropical cyclone Man-yi has been upgraded to a super typhoon but will weaken as it moves closer to Hong Kong on Monday. The Observatory said on Saturday the super typhoon was about 1,580km (982 miles) southeast of Hong Kong and about 490km east-southeast of Manila. “We expect Man-yi will enter within 800km of Hong Kong…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will lower the No 8 typhoon signal at 10.20am on Thursday, as Tropical Storm Toraji is set to weaken gradually and education authorities announce that classes of afternoon schools will…