Hong Kong Issues Amber Rainstorm Warning Amid Thunderstorms

Hong Kong's weather forecaster issued an amber rainstorm warning on Wednesday calling on the public to seek safe shelter as thunderstorms and intense gusts might hit the city. The Hong Kong Observatory raised the signal at 11.35am and said areas of intense thundery showers associated with upper-air disturbances had been persistently affecting the area. The alert was cancelled at 12.45pm. The forecaster warned that flooding could occur in some low-lying and poorly drained areas, with heavy rain possibly bringing flash floods. It issued a thunderstorm warning at 9.20am, adding that intense gusts reaching 70km/h (43.5mph) or above might affect Hong Kong.