A rare wavelike cloud formation rolled across the sky over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour in late October, its undulating curves bathed in gold and pink hues amid the glow of the setting sun. The Hong Kong Observatory shared the image on social media on Sunday, saying the short-lived atmospheric phenomenon was known as a fluctus…
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BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Kong-rey weakened to a tropical storm overnight and was forecast to bring heavy rain and high winds to Shanghai and other parts of China’s east coast Friday. The storm crossed Taiwan at typhoon strength on Thursday, bringing down trees and causing landslides that covered roads and damaged houses. Two people died…
(CNN) — It was a bright, sunny afternoon during the recent summer season in Antarctica when the Seabourn Pursuit cruise ship rammed into a sheet of sea ice in Hanusse Bay. The ship plowed forward, ice crumbling beneath its bow, until it was embedded several hundred yards into the frozen sea water. The 250 passengers…
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Strong Wind Signal, No.3 at 10.40 am on Saturday as Severe Tropical Storm Trami moved westwards. Severe Tropical Storm Trami. Photo: Observatory. The storm will move across the central and northern parts of the South China Sea, the Observatory said, towards the seas south of Hainan Island on Saturday….
Flights to and from the capitals of Odisha and West Bengal will be suspended from Thursday evening to Friday morning. Authorities in India’s eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal are evacuating hundreds of thousands of people from coastal areas as a powerful cyclone approaches the region. Cyclone Dana, currently over the Bay of Bengal,…
Hong Kong recorded its lowest temperature yet this autumn, with the mercury dropping to 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 Fahrenheit) at 6am on Thursday, according to the forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory also said Tropical Cyclone Trami would enter within 800km (497 miles) of the city from Thursday night to Friday morning, adding that the No…
Hong Kong recorded its lowest temperature yet this autumn, with the mercury dropping to 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 Fahrenheit) at 6am on Thursday, according to the forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory also said Tropical Cyclone Trami would enter within 800km (497 miles) of the city from Thursday night to Friday morning, adding that the No…
The Hong Kong Observatory is expected to issue the No 1 standby signal between Thursday and Friday as Tropical Cyclone Trami gradually intensifies and edges closer to the city. The forecaster said on Tuesday that the tropical cyclone to the east of the Philippines will enter within 800km of Hong Kong later on Thursday to…
A tropical depression has developed to the east of 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…