A tropical depression has developed to the east in the Philippines and might intensify further, skirting about 400km (248 miles) to the south of Hong Kong later this week, the Observatory has warned. The tropical depression was about 980km east of Manila on Monday evening and moving west or west-northwest at about 18km/h (11mph) towards…
Hong Kong on Saturday recorded an unusually late “very hot weather” warning for the time of the year that broke the city’s past record in 2017, with the mercury reaching as high as 33.6 degrees Celsius (92.48 Fahrenheit). The Observatory clocked temperatures of up to 33.6 degrees until 12.30pm. The record was last broken seven…
A typhoon may soon form and affect Hong Kong, the city’s weather forecaster has said, as it tracks a developing low-pressure area in the northwestern Pacific. The Observatory said on Friday the southern coast of China had benefited from fair weather over the past week due to drier easterly airflow, with calm conditions prevailing. But…
Isolated thunderstorms could affect the plans of Hongkongers hoping to go moon-gazing for the Mid-Autumn Festival on Tuesday evening, with the city’s forecaster also saying a tropical cyclone may enter the South China Sea later next week. The Hong Kong Observatory said showers on Saturday afternoon had brought more than 20mm of rainfall to parts…