winds over the region will gradually strengthen with squally showers,” the Hong Kong Observatory forecast on Monday evening.

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(Bloomberg) -- A typhoon is brewing over Hong Kong but for the first time in decades, it’s business as usual for the city’s $5.4 trillion stock market. Traders, brokers and money managers ...

HONG KONG: Intense rain and strong gusts will hit Hong Kong starting at around midnight on Saturday (Nov 9) as Severe Typhoon Yinxing nears, while another tropical cyclone is due to arrive next week.

A letter written on the United States steamer Wachusett, dated Hong Kong, Sept. 10, 1867, says: "We had quite a typhoon here on the 8th, in which a number of ships went ashore. A bark capsized ...

Hong Kong issues No 8 typhoon warning signal for first time in ... “I have never seen such a large-scale operation with so many helicopters,” Li said. “When I left the scene, another ...

A meteorologist has pointed out the sheer size of Typhoon Kong-rey's eye as the massive storm approached Taiwan on Wednesday. As of Wednesday afternoon, Typhoon Kong-rey had maximum sustained ...

Hong Kong shut down schools and some businesses after authorities raised the third-highest typhoon warning for Tropical Storm Toraji which passed about 150km south of the city. Toraji is expected ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I am the CIO of KraneShares, a China-focused ETF provider. Asian equities were mixed this week as Thailand outperformed and Taiwan, Korea ...