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Hong Kong issues first No 1 typhoon warning of the year

  • Public cautioned to be prepared for changes in weather while planning outdoor activities
  • Tropical cyclone centred about 500km away from Hong Kong in late afternoon, Observatory says

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The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 1 standby signal at 4.15pm on Friday. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong has raised the first typhoon warning signal of the year.

The Observatory issued the standby signal No 1 at 4.15pm on Friday, saying a tropical cyclone was likely to affect the city.

Forecasters cautioned the public to be prepared for changes in the weather while planning outdoor activities, and said the No 1 signal would remain in force on Friday night.

The tropical depression is expected to make landfall at Hainan Island on Saturday, and at 5pm on Friday it was over the South China Sea and estimated to be about 500km south-southwest of the city. It was forecast to move west-northwest at about 15km/h (9mph) towards the vicinity of Hainan.

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