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 is likely to contend with five to eight tropical cyclones skirting past the city throughout the year, the local weather…
BLUEFIELD — Forecasters told the public Thursday that between 3 to 4 inches of snow and high winds could reach the region over the next three days along with temperatures that could create black ice in time for morning and evening commutes. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory Thursday which included the…
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…
As a typhoon battered Taiwan and rescuers searched for hurricane survivors in the United States on Wednesday, a study estimated that the long-term death toll of such tropical cyclones is around 300 times greater than official figures. Hurricane Helene has killed at least 155 people in the southeastern US, Hurricane John killed at least 16…