Third major storm in two weeks due to hit Hong Kong by Sunday, weather officials say

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...