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Jeffie Lam

Oscar Liu

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The Hong Kong Observatory cancelled an amber rainstorm signal an hour after it was issued on Tuesday afternoon, with the forecaster earlier warning of possible floods.
The signal went out at 1.45pm and was lifted at 2.45pm. The warning means more than 70mm of hourly rainfall had fallen or was expected to fall.
The forecaster said intense gusts of about 80km/h (49mph) were logged at Star Ferry at 1.55pm and had urged those outdoors to seek safe shelter.
Those in high-risk areas were also told at the time to take precautions to prevent flood damage.
The forecaster said showers and thunderstorms associated with upper-air disturbances and heat triggering were affecting Guangdong and the northern part of the South China Sea.

“Under the influence of an anticyclone aloft, the weather will be generally fine and persistently very hot over southern China in the next few days,” it said.
“With the anticyclone aloft weakening gradually and under the influence of a southwesterly airstream, there will be a few showers over the coast of Guangdong during the weekend to early next week.”
The forecaster added that a broad area of low pressure would linger over the seas east of Taiwan in the next few days, leading to unstable weather in the region.
According to the latest nine-day forecast, Hong Kong will continue to be very hot, with temperatures to reach as high as 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 Fahrenheit).


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