Hong Kong to keep T1 until at least 6pm as Tropical Storm Maysak nears

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Hong Kong maintains its Tropical Storm No 1 typhoon signal until at least 6pm as Tropical Storm Maysak approaches from the southwest. Meteorological officials will decide on raising the alert to No 3 based on the storm's intensity later in the evening.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will keep the No 1 typhoon signal in force until at least Friday evening, after which it will assess whether to issue the No 3 warning depending on the tropical storm’s intensity. The Hong Kong Observatory said Tropical Storm Maysak was estimated to be about 670km (416 miles) southwest of Hong Kong and was forecast to move...