Third major storm in two weeks due to hit Hong Kong by Sunday, weather officials say
A tracking map from the Hong Kong Observatory shows a typhoon making landfall on Sunday afternoon
The Hong Kong Observatory will consider issuing a tropical cyclone signal No 1 on Friday as a tropical depression moves closer to the city.
Acting senior scientific officer Pan Chi-kin said on Thursday: “When the tropical cyclone takes on a more definite northerly track and it gets closer to the coast of Guangdong, the Observatory will consider issuing the standby signal No 1 during the day [on Friday],” he said.
Pan said it was too early to tell if the Observatory would issue a warning signal No 8 or above this weekend, saying it would depend on the path the cyclone takes as it approaches Guangdong and the Pearl River Estuary.
Meanwhile, neighbouring Macau’s weather authority issued a typhoon alert signal No 1 at 7pm on Thursday.
A map from the National Meteorological Centre predicted a typhoon near Hong Kong on Sunday morning, while a tracking map from the Hong Kong Observatory showed a typhoon making landfall in the afternoon on the east of the city on the same day.
The Observatory issued a thunderstorm warning at 5.30pm on Thursday, which would be valid till 7.30pm. Isolated thunderstorms are expected over the New Territories.
