Hong Kong expecting ‘stronger tropical cyclone’ early next week, sunny weekend to precede storm

Forecaster says another low-pressure system building in western North Pacific and set to develop into tropical cyclone

Typhoon Talim on Monday brought city to standstill, with No 8 warning signal in force for nearly 16 hours

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The rain bands from departing Typhoon Talim are expected to bring occasional showers to the city this week. Photo: Sam Tsang

Published: 12:30pm, 18 Jul 2023Updated: 4:25pm, 18 Jul 2023

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A “stronger tropical cyclone” could hit Hong Kong early next week, the Observatory on Tuesday warned after Typhoon Talim triggered the No 8 alert and brought the city to a standstill.

The forecaster said while the weather would improve over the next few days as Talim – the city’s first typhoon this year – moved inland, another low-pressure system was already building in the western North Pacific.

“The area of low pressure now over the seas east of the Philippines is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone,” said David Lam Hok-yin, Observatory acting senior scientific officer. “The potential tropical cyclone may be a strong one, reaching typhoon strength or above.”

Lam added that while it was still too early to make out the storm’s exact track, it was expected to enter the northern part of the South China Sea “early next week,” bringing with it heavy winds and squally showers across the region.