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Hong Kong authorities have said a road in Sai Kung that was partially closed due to a landslide on Saturday should reopen by Monday morning, after the city saw its first red rainstorm of the year. After inspecting an affected section of Clear Water Bay Road, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung said that workers were carrying out “temporary consolidation work” by spraying concrete onto the slope. “Our contractor and the Highways Department will keep monitoring the situation here,” Lam told reporters. “We’ll also liaise with the observatory to see if the weather will worsen, and w...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong saw 9,437 cloud-to-ground lightening strikes across a 14-hour period beginning at 9pm on Tuesday, as severe storms lashed the territory, according to the Observatory. The Observatory said that heavy showers and squally thunderstorms will continue during Wednesday’s May Day holiday: “Showers will be heavy at times. Moderate east to northeasterly winds, gusty at times.” The thunderstorm warning was first hoisted at 7.17pm on Tuesday and remained in force on Wednesday morning alongside an amber rainstorm warning. Delays continued at Hong Kong’s international airport, with several planes...
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April in Hong Kong has got off to an unseasonably hot start, with highs of 31 degrees Celsius forecast for Thursday. The temperature on Monday, the final day of the long Easter weekend, reached 29.1 degrees, while the mean temperature was 27.3 degrees, well above the monthly mean of 23 degrees Celsius, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. The highest temperature ever recorded in April was in 1965, when the Observatory logged 33.4 degrees Celsius. Last month, the city saw its hottest March day since records began in 1884, when the maximum temperature measured at the Observatory hit 31.5 degr...
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Between five and eight tropical storms may come within 500 kilometres of Hong Kong this year, with higher than average temperatures expected, according to Observatory Director Chan Pak-wai. “Extreme weather can become more frequent because of the climate change,” Chan said at a Thursday press briefing. “So Hong Kong citizens are reminded to get prepared for extreme weather, especially pay close attention to the weather forecast and warnings issued by the Observatory and get earlier prepared.” According to the government forecaster, 2024 may be one of Hong Kong’s hottest years on record, with t...
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