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. Hong Kong’s forecaster is considering cancelling the No 1 typhoon signal between 2pm and 5pm on Thursday as severe weather threats gradually…
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. Hongkongers should brace for heavy showers and thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon, the local weather forecaster has warned. The Observatory said patches of…
Temperatures in Hong Kong reached as high as 33.4 degrees Celsius (92 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, with cooler conditions forecast by midweek as showers and thunderstorms approach the region. The hot weather brought large crowds to the city’s major beaches during the Easter long weekend. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Sunday that an anticyclone aloft…
Temperatures in Hong Kong will rise to as high as 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) on Monday after a few showers over the weekend, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Observatory said on Friday that the weather would be relatively humid over the coast of Guangdong province on Saturday, while the mercury would range…
A dusty airstream linked to the northeast monsoon left eyes watering and throats sore in Hong Kong on Sunday. According to the Observatory, the city experienced its driest April morning since an automatic weather station was set up in 1984, with relative humidity falling to as low as 21 per cent. The Post examines the…
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. Hong Kong was shrouded in fog on Saturday, as a band of rain and clouds covered the coast of Guangdong province. The…
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. Hong Kong was shrouded in fog on Saturday, as a band of rain and clouds covered the coast of Guangdong province. The…
By Casey Hall and James Pomfret SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Orders have evaporated for Richard Chen, who manufactures Christmas decorations in southern China for U.S. retailers, including Walmart and Costco, facing crippling U.S. tariffs. “The orders are half of what they were last year,” said Chen, who is based in the manufacturing hub of Dongguan. He…
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. Hongkongers woke up to cool weather on Sunday as temperatures fell to about 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) in urban areas, while…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong will experience a big drop in temperatures later this week, with the mercury falling to as low as 14 degrees Celsius after a balmy Sunday of 25 degrees or above in some…