Weather in Hong Kong' 2024-up

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Denise Tsang
South China Morning Post
Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:20 UTC
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Hong Kong Observatory says waterspout seen swirling across the harbour at 12.30pm
A waterspout was spotted over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour for the first time since records began, the Observatory said on Saturday.
The weather forecaster, which had warned that violent gusts might sweep the city, said at 1pm the waterspout was seen swirling across the harbour, from east to west, 30 minutes earlier.
It was the first time a waterspout - a rapidly rotating column of water - had been reported in the harbour since records began in 1959, the Observatory said.
According to clips circulating online, the waterspout formed in the sea near residential estate Laguna Verde Ocean in Hung Hom.
It then grew vertically and moved swiftly to the west. It dwindled and subsequently vanished several minutes after hitting a wall at the outdoor Tai Wan Shan Swimming Pool.
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Danny Mokand,Lo Hoi-ying
South China Morning Post
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:12 UTC
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Coastal areas and riverbanks in Hong Kong flooded on Monday, as an approaching Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi and a spring tide helped push up sea levels.

In Tai O on Lantau Island, residents waded through ankle-deep waters at the main market and elsewhere, while sandbags were stacked around homes to keep the flooding at bay.

The impact extended to other areas, with flooding seen along the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, where about 10cm (4 inches) of water covered popular cycling tracks.

Similar conditions were observed near the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po and the Sam Ka Tsuen seafood bazaar in Lei Yue Mun, a blackspot of flooding, where waters rose nearly to people's knees.

A pedestrian tunnel was nearly half submerged in Tai Po.

The Observatory earlier warned that the spring tide and combined effects of the northeast monsoon and Man-yi could result in sea levels rising to 3.3 metres (10.3 feet) above chart datum at around 10pm.