This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Thundery showers are approaching Hong Kong in the next few hours, the city’s weather forecaster has said, warning the public to be…
A significant number of ferry trips from Hong Kong to mainland China have been cancelled due to expected thunderstorms hitting the city on Saturday afternoon. The Hong Kong Observatory reported that a cold front moving southward from northern Guangdong province was bringing showers and squally thunderstorms closer to the Pearl River Delta. It warned that…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Observatory said hail was spotted in Tai Po on Saturday afternoon, shortly after it issued the amber rainstorm alert while warning…
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. The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the No 3 signal at 3.40pm on Saturday as Super Typhoon Yinxing edges closer to the coast of southern China, forcing the cancellation of a cross-harbour swimming race….
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the No 3 signal between 3pm and 6pm on Saturday as Super Typhoon Yinxing edges closer to the coast of southern China. The forecaster said the warning signal…
Hong Kong will issue the No 1 standby signal at 12.40pm on Friday, as approaching Severe Typhoon Yinxing may force the cancellation of an annual cross-harbour swimming race over the weekend. The weather forecaster also recorded its lowest temperature yet this autumn, logging a minimum temperature of 20.9 degrees at its headquarters in Tsim Sha…
The Hong Kong Observatory may issue the No 1 standby signal as early as Friday as typhoon Yinxing intensified gradually into a super typhoon on Wednesday. The weather forecaster on Thursday said Yinxing was expected to enter within 800km (497 miles) of Hong Kong between tonight and Friday morning and move westwards across the northern…