T3 To Stay Until 2am As Mulan Moves Past

The Hong Kong Observatory says the Strong Wind Signal No 3 will remain in force until at least 2am on Wednesday, unless an approaching storm intensifies significantly or tracks closer to the city.

At 10pm, Tropical Storm Mulan was estimated to be about 450 kilometres south-southwest of Hong Kong.

It was forecast to move north at about 18 kilometres per hour towards the vicinity of western Guangdong and Hainan.

Forecasters said they did expect the storm to intensify gradually and it was already bringing heavy showers, violent gusts and thunderstorms to Hong Kong.

But they added that the region of gale force winds near the centre of Mulan is relatively small and it is still quite far from the SAR.

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