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Cloudy, windy weather forecast for Hong Kong as storm Fung-wong departs
Observatory cancels the No 1 typhoon warning at 9.40pm and issues the strong monsoon signal.
11 Nov 2025 - 11:51PM
‘Wartime readiness’: Shenzhen scrambles as Typhoon Ragasa nears China’s tech hub
23 Sep 2025 - 9:53PM
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Storm diverts flight of F1 drivers Sainz and Leclerc, forcing them to drive
22 Sep 2025 - 11:02PM
Hong Kong
Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong to axe 700 flights, 4,000 officers on standby
Forecaster issues T3 signal at 9.40pm, with warning to be upgraded to T8 at 2.20pm on Tuesday.
22 Sep 2025 - 11:43PM
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Flight operations will be significantly reduced after 6pm on Tuesday. Photo: Eugene Lee
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.
19 Aug 2025 - 3:09PM
Society
Hong Kong’s second-longest black rainstorm signal on record – as it happened
Observatory cancels all rainstorm warnings after city brought to standstill, with over 100 flights delayed and public services paralysed.
5 Aug 2025 - 6:39PM
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Health & Environment
Hong Kong issues first cold weather warning of 2025 as temperatures set to fall
Temperatures forecast to be around 11 degrees in urban areas over the weekend and may drop to seven degrees or below in the New Territories.
9 Jan 2025 - 11:53PM
Temperatures are expected to dip starting on Thursday. Photo: Nora Tam
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’.
15 Nov 2024 - 7:21AM
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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.
25 Oct 2024 - 4:50PM
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.
6 Sep 2024 - 2:11PM
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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.
6 Sep 2024 - 7:40AM
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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.
5 Sep 2024 - 3:53AM
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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.
4 Sep 2024 - 12:03AM
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.
18 Jul 2024 - 4:17PM
China
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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.
8 Jul 2024 - 2:40PM
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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.
9 Jan 2024 - 9:12PM
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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
19 Aug 2023 - 7:00AM
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