Hong Kong issues ‘very hot weather’ warning as temperatures set to hit 33 degrees
Forecaster expects sweltering conditions to persist through Friday and Saturday, says tropical cyclone Co-May is located within 800km of city
The Hong Kong Observatory has issued a “very hot weather” warning, expecting temperatures to hit 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) on Thursday and sweltering conditions to continue on Friday and Saturday.
The forecaster said that Severe Tropical Storm Co-May, named after a type of coarse grass originating from Vietnam, was located within 800km (497 miles) of the city and would linger over the northern part of Luzon, before gradually intensifying later in the day and on Friday.
But the forecaster also indicated the storm would then move towards the seas east of Taiwan, maintaining a distance of more than 600km from Hong Kong and posing a low direct threat to the city.
The Observatory issued a very hot weather warning at 6.45am, adding that showers triggered by high temperatures would also affect the region.
“A broad trough of low pressure will bring showers and thunderstorms to the central and northern parts of the South China Sea in the next few days,” it said.