Weather

2 Sep 2012

Fifty years ago, Hong Kong was battered by the most intense typhoon to have hit our shores since records began. Jason Wordie surveys the damage wreaked by Wanda.

Briefs, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

A 74-year-old man in an infirmary ward in Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long, where some patients are infected with human metapneumovirus, has a fever and respiratory problems.

Sahara desert dust stimulates snow, rainfall in US, study says

2 Mar 2013

One of the driest spots on Earth - the Sahara Desert - is increasingly responsible for snow and rain half a world away in the western United States, a new study found.

Northeastern US states brace for storm bringing up to 76cm of snow

9 Feb 2013

Blizzard warnings were in effect from New Jersey to southern Maine, with Boston expected to bear the brunt. The day was expected to begin with light snow, with stronger winds and heavier snowfall...

Temperatures expected to fall over new year

9 Feb 2013

Snakes in the wild might still be in their winter sleep, but Hong Kong and the mainland were busy yesterday preparing to welcome the arrival of early spring and the Year of the Snake amid chilly...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Mega blizzard aims at US Northeast

A major snowstorm bore down on the northeastern United States Friday, with heavy snow, blizzard conditions and freezing temperatures forecast from New York through Maine as well as densely...

Heavy smog grounds flights at Beijing airport

Heavy smog has cancelled at least 20 flights at Beijing’s Capital International Airport on Wednesday morning.

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Snow clears smog but brings travel chaos to China

Snowfall that swept across northern China over the weekend helped ease pollution that had choked parts of the country last week, but concerns about air quality were replaced with travel woes...

WEATHER

Hong Kong's record lack of sunshine nothing to be SAD about

Felt a bit depressed last year but couldn't put your finger on why? Maybe it was because Hong Kong had the fewest hours of sunlight since records began in 1885.

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China suffers worst chills in 28 years

China Meteorological Administration says the country’s average temperature has hit the lowest in 28 years this winter, as snow and ice throughout China have closed highways, cancelled flights and...

CITY DIGEST

City Digest, December 31, 2012

Macau officials said a woman, 60, and a man, 39 - the last of 26 patients hospitalised after a ferry bound for Hong Kong hit a buoy - have been discharged.