Hong Kong may issue T1 warning on Wednesday as Typhoon Doksuri gathers strength and moves closer to city
- Observatory says it will decide on warning signal if typhoon, now 1,500km from city, enters 800km radius
- If storm moves towards southern Taiwan, city can expect hot weather, but path to eastern Guangdong could bring unstable conditions
A storm barrelling towards the coast of Guangdong province is to intensify into a super typhoon on Tuesday and could affect Hong Kong.
The Observatory on Monday warned that Doksuri was expected to come within 800km (497 miles) of the city on Wednesday, when a typhoon No 1 warning might be possible.
Forecasters said it would be decided whether to issue Hong Kong’s second typhoon alert of the year when Doksuri, at present 1,500km away, moved through the 800km mark.
An 11pm update from the Observatory said Doksuri – Korean for “eagle” – was centred about 520km east-northeast of Manila, moving northwest towards the seas east of Luzon and that it continued to intensify.
The storm is predicted to have a sustained maximum wind speed of 195km/h (121mph) by Tuesday afternoon.
“Typhoon Doksuri could potentially move towards the south of Taiwan or the eastern coast of Guangdong province,” David Lam Hok-yin, Observatory acting senior scientific officer, told a radio programme on Monday morning.