Afternoon Schools Shut As Heavy Rain Lashes City
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2018-06-08 HKT 12:01
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The Education Bureau announced that afternoon schools were cancelled on Friday after the Hong Kong Observatory issued a Red Rainstorm Warning Signal.
The observatory issued the warning at 11:30am and lifted it 35 minutes later, as Tropical Storm Ewiniar soaked Hong Kong.
The warning is issued when parts of the city are expected to get more than 50 millimetres of rain in an hour.
The Strong Wind Signal No 3 remained in force on Friday lunchtime. The observatory said it would consider lowering the alert to the Standby Signal No 1 when Tropical Storm Ewiniar weakens.
At midday, Ewiniar was about 210 kilometres west-northwest of Hong Kong and was forecast to move north or north-northeast slowly towards the inland areas of western Guangdong and then weaken gradually.
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Last updated: 2018-06-08 HKT 12:38
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