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Hong Kong, Macau, southern coast of China. [2] [3] In the evening of 7 September 2023, a heavy rainstorm struck the city of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta area, including parts of Guangdong, China and Macau. The record rainfall caused widespread flooding and landslides in the cities, four dead and dozens injured.
The storm was about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southeast of Hong Kong on Friday evening and moving at about 12 kilometers (7 miles) per hour, the city government's Hong Kong Observatory said.
Typhoon Koinu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Jenny, was a strong and damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong. Koinu, a replacement name for Tembin which means puppy or Canis Minor in Japanese, was the fourteenth named storm and ninth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season.
The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong. The Observatory forecasts the weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards . It also monitors and makes assessments on radiation levels in Hong Kong and provides other meteorological and geophysical services to meet the needs of the public and the ...
Show comments. LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas of the law where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who recently ...
June 24, 2024 at 2:59 AM. By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang. HONG KONG (Reuters) -A senior British judge on Monday heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high profile democrats ...
The Hong Kong tropical cyclone warning signals, or informally typhoon signals, are a set of signals used to indicate the threat or effects of a tropical cyclone. The Hong Kong Observatory issues the warning signal if a tropical cyclone approaches within 800 kilometres (432 nmi; 497 mi) of Hong Kong and poses a threat of deteriorating conditions ...
On September 14, the Hong Kong Government held a rare cross-department press conference over the preparation for Mangkhut, reminding Hong Kong citizens to "prepare for the worst". That night, the Hong Kong Observatory issued the Standby Signal No. 1 when Mangkhut was 1,110 kilometres (600 nmi) away from Hong Kong, the farthest distance on record.