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 weather forecaster has said it will consider issuing the No 1 typhoon warning signal on Thursday night, adding the city…
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. All typhoon signals will be cancelled at 12.10pm on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Kajiki moves further away from Hong Kong, according to…
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 No 1 typhoon signal will remain in force in Hong Kong at least until noon on Sunday, while the weather forecaster…
Up to five typhoons are expected to come within 500km (310 miles) of Hong Kong over the rest of this year, the forecaster has warned, urging residents to brace for stormy weather and a possible No 1 standby signal on Saturday night. The Hong Kong Observatory on Friday evening said the figure was above normal…
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Authorities in Taiwan were scrambling on Tuesday to evacuate hundreds ahead of a possible landfall by Typhoon Podul on the island’s southeastern coast, while nearby areas battle to recover from floods and record winds brought by previous storms. Taiwan is regularly hit by typhoons, generally along its mountainous, sparsely populated east coast facing…
A tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific is developing gradually and moving westwards, with the Hong Kong Observatory expecting showers in the city early next week. The forecaster said on Thursday night that an area of low pressure was bringing unsettled weather to the northern part of Luzon, the Philippines, and was expected to…
Shanghai and parts of China’s east coast are bracing for a severe tropical storm after a tsunami yellow alert for the region was cancelled on Wednesday, following a massive earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. The tropical storm generated by Typhoon Co-May was expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening, authorities said. China’s Tsunami Warning Centre…
A huge farm in northern Hong Kong was submerged in around three hours during Typhoon Wipha, causing about 70,000 sunflowers to wilt and leaving a 73-year-old farmer with six-figure losses. Leung Yat-Shun, a farmer at Shun Sum Yuen in San Tin, said he and three colleagues had grown tens of thousands of sunflowers to shoulder…
Home » TRAVEL NEWS » Now, Philippines Along With Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam, Hit by Tropical Storm Wipha, Flight Disruptions: Here’s What You Need to Know Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Tropical Storm Wipha continues to affect large areas of Southeast Asia, resulting in significant travel disruptions and closures across a number of countries,…