Hong Kong’s observatory has warned of heavy showers and squally thunderstorms over the city in the coming week, but said it remains uncertain whether the low-pressure trough driving the storms will develop into a tropical cyclone. A spokesman for the Hong Kong Observatory said on Sunday that convective clouds associated with a broad trough of low pressure have been affecting the central South China Sea and are expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the city on Tuesday and...
Super Typhoon Bavi has been downgraded but is still dangerous, meteorologists say.
As residents of eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi to make landfall, bloggers have turned to AI weather models to post forecasts on social media, prompting criticism from state media, which warned that the amateur predictions could fall foul of the law. State broadcaster China Media Group reported on Thursday that some bloggers claiming to be “weather enthusiasts” were issuing forecasts using data from various open-source artificial intelligence weather models. Some have even begun offering...
Mahabaleshwar, in Maharashtra’s Satara district, received 513 mm of rainfall on 6th July, which, according to the IMD’s historical records, is highest 24-hour rainfall ever recorded. The hill station recorded nearly one-tenth of its average annual rainfall (5,710 mm) in a single day