Weather

The Hong Kong Observatory has cancelled an amber rainstorm signal. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong

Hong Kong cancels amber rainstorm warning, but heavy showers persist

Forecaster cancels signal at 11.15am after issuing it amid widespread heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Hong Kong’s second-longest black rainstorm signal on record – as it happened

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Hong Kong issues first cold weather warning of 2025 as temperatures set to fall

Hong Kong

Hong Kong braces for another typhoon next week, after 11-hour T8 warning

Observatory lowers typhoon warning signal to No 1 at 10.20pm, with weather on Friday set to be ‘mainly cloudy with a few showers’.

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High winds at the Heng Fa Chuen Promenade under the No 8 typhoon signal. Photo: Sun Yeung
High winds at the Heng Fa Chuen Promenade under the No 8 typhoon signal. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong

Hong Kong will keep T1 warning until at least 6am on Saturday as Trami nears

Severe Tropical Storm Trami estimated to be about 590km southeast of city as of 4pm.

Society

Hong Kong lowers signal to T3 as Super Typhoon Yagi recedes – as it happened

Transport services gradually resume, people start heading to work as first No 8 signal of the year downgraded.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong T8 signal over Super Typhoon Yagi to remain in force until at least Friday noon

Suspension of classes at kindergartens, childcare centres, and all-day primary, secondary and special schools will take effect on Thursday afternoon.

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The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the T8 signal at 6.20pm. Photo: Sam Tsang
The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the T8 signal at 6.20pm. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong

Yagi turns into super typhoon; Hong Kong T3 signal in force until noon at least

Yagi is expected to be closest to Hong Kong on Thursday night, Observatory says.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong issues T1 warning as Severe Tropical Storm Yagi moves closer

Electricity firm CLP Power also says it has taken steps to minimise weather risks to overhead cables.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong cancels amber rainstorm warning after 2 hours

Alert ends at 4pm, more than two hours after being issued amid warnings of heavy rain possibly bringing flash floods.

An amber rainstorm warning was cancelled at 4pm. Photo: Jelly Tse

China

Video | Deadly tornado hits China’s Shandong province, killing 5 and injuring 88

A powerful tornado hit the city of Heze in China’s eastern province of Shandong on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring 88.

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A deadly tornado hit China’s Shandong province on July 8, 2024.
A deadly tornado hit China’s Shandong province on July 8, 2024.

World

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever, as world nears critical 1.5 degree limit

Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin, as climate change, and El Nino fuelled record temperatures, exacerbating heatwaves, floods, and wildfires.

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East Asia

Japanese put on clothes with built-in fans, neck coolers as nation swelters

Sales of clothing items with built-in fans and neck coolers are surging in Japan amid the hot and humid summer

World

‘Dire consequences for the planet’ as July was Earth’s hottest month on record

The world’s oceans also set a new temperature record, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet’s climate, marine life and coastal communities.

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A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a sweltering hot day in Beirut, on July 16. Europea’s climate monitoring organisation made it official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record, by a wide margin. Photo: AP

World

Explainer | From China to the US, how El Nino is helping drive heatwaves, extreme weather

El Nino is a natural phenomenon that contributes to higher temperatures in many parts of the world, and also drives tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in the Americas, and Asia.

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The entire planet has experienced unofficial heat records this month due unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event. Photo: AP
The entire planet has experienced unofficial heat records this month due unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event. Photo: AP

World

World swelters to unofficial hottest day ever Monday then gets hotter Tuesday

The daily but preliminary and unofficial heat record comes after months of ‘truly unreal meteorology and climate stats for the year’.

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World

Burning trees in the Amazon melts snow in the Himalayas

Scientists have discovered that when the Amazon warms, so does the Tibetan Plateau, whereas the more it rains in the Amazon, the less it rains in Tibet.

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