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The amber signal was issued at 2.20pm, indicating heavy rain exceeding 30mm per hour had fallen or was expected to persist. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong faces hail threat as amber rainstorm warning issued

Observatory also warns of violent gusts as it urges public to seek shelter immediately.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong set for thunderstorms on Sunday as cold front approaches city

Hong Kong environmental issues

Watchdog urges Hong Kong Observatory to better explain typhoon warning decisions

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Hong Kong weather

Amber rainstorm warning issued as thunderstorms hit Hong Kong

Forecaster earlier warned that flooding could occur in some low-lying and poorly drained areas.

Hong Kong’s weather forecaster issued an amber rainstorm warning on Wednesday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Bangladesh

Child, newlywed among 14 killed by lightning in Bangladesh

Lightning kills ‌hundreds of people every year in ⁠Bangladesh, which ⁠declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016.

Natural disasters

Video | Northern Japan battles large wildfires

2,500 residents forced to evacuate as wildfires burn for a second day in Japan’s northern Iwate prefecture.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong set for intense thundery showers, gusts in the evening

Observatory advises any residents outside to seek safe shelter as soon as possible, as ‘intense gusts’ could affect city.

Dark clouds hang above the city earlier this month. Photo: Jelly Tse
Extreme weather

Searchers find body of 1 of 6 missing crew members after typhoon overturns ship

The crew of the Mariana notified the US Coast Guard on April 15 that the vessel lost its starboard engine during Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

Food and agriculture

Asia braces for food shortages as ‘super El Nino’ and Iran war collide

A precarious planting season looms amid suppressed rainfall and soaring fertiliser costs threatening the region’s harvests.

India

Saved by water bell? Indian schools hit on novel idea to tackle brutal heatwave

The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘yellow alert’ for New Delhi, with temperatures expected to rise to a high of 44 degrees.

A tricycle rider transports school children home in Kolkata on Friday. Photo: AP
New Zealand

New Zealand tells Wellington residents to evacuate as rain threat worsens

Wellington had received 77mm of rain ‌in less than an hour, its heaviest rainfall on record.

Vehicles can be seen partially submerged along a flooded road in Wellington, New Zealand, in a screengrab taken from a social media video on Monday, . Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan warned of ‘hellish summer’ as energy fears mount

A prolonged Iran war, combined with an unusually early spell of hot weather, could leave Japan facing power shortages this summer.

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Hong Kong weather

Hail seen on Hong Kong’s outlying islands as amber rainstorm warning cancelled

Weather will be cloudy with occasional showers and a few squally thunderstorms.

Science

Chinese team shows quantum tech can disrupt AI in a real-world task

Breakthrough system matched or exceeded performance of a classical reservoir network with 10,000 nodes in multi-step weather prediction.

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Chinese researchers say a small-scale quantum system can outperform large AI data centres at less than 1 per cent of the cost. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Pacific nations

Super Typhoon Sinlakua bears down on group of remote US islands in Pacific Ocean

Trump has approved emergency help for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday.

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A satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows super typhoon Sinlakua in the Pacific Ocean on Monday. Photo: NOAA via AP
Pacific nations

Australia pledges US$1.7 million in aid after Cyclone Maila kills 11 in Pacific

Entire villages were destroyed in the storm, was briefly classified as a Category 5 cyclone.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong issues amber rainstorm warning amid Ching Ming Festival

Observatory warns of flooding in low-lying and poorly drained areas, and that heavy rain may lead to flash floods.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong set for thunderstorms and showers on Saturday, Observatory says

Forecaster also expects weather to remain ‘unsettled’ for rest of Easter holiday.

Tourists gather at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront despite the gloomy skies. Photo: Jelly Tse
Australia

Australia’s Karratha LNG plant closed after cyclone amid fuel shortages

The plant’s co-owner Chevron said it suffered outages at its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants, which supply more than five per cent of the world’s liquefied natural gas.

Hong Kong weather

Thundery showers in Hong Kong expected in several hours

Observatory says areas of thundery showers now to the west of the Pearl River Delta are ‘edging closer’.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s weather is so hot that it can warp a payment card

Rice fields are drying out in the northern region, while heat-related health cases are rising across the country.

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A Malaysian from Perak shows a toll payment card warped by the extreme heat affecting the country’s northern region. Photo: Threads/lltlps
Extreme weather

‘Flashing red’: UN alarmed as heat trapped by Earth hits record high

UN chief warns of a state of emergency as 2015–2025 is confirmed as the hottest decade on record.

A man shades himself from the searing sun in Melbourne, Australia in January. Photo: EPA
Climate change

Himalayan glacial loss threatens 2 billion as Asia’s ‘water tower’ shrinks

Conflicts, such as the Iran war, are diverting global attention away from the ecological crisis, scientists warn.

Japan

Video | Tokyo’s cherry blossom season kicks off early

This year’s sakura season is 5 days earlier than usual.

Extreme weather

Record-breaking heatwave grips western US at tail end of winter

Arizona community hits 43.3 degrees Celsius, the highest March temperature recorded in the US.

An unhoused person cools off using a fire hydrant as a heatwave engulfs southern California in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Blooming marvellous: Tokyo’s cherry blossom season officially begins

The blooming was five days earlier than the average, possibly due to low rainfall and longer hours of sunshine in winter.

Visitors take selfies in front of the early-flowering cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong weather

Damp days ahead in Hong Kong, with 95% humidity expected in midweek

Observatory says temperatures will reach 26 degrees Celsius in the middle of the week, with moisture from a seasonal coastal mist.

Malaysia

A heatwave is coming to Southeast Asia. So is an energy shock

Indonesia and Malaysia are set to feel the worst of an early summer first, compounding an LNG supply crisis triggered by the Iran war.

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