{
  "id": 17862,
  "title": "Hong Kong set for heavy showers, squally thunderstorms over next few days",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/hong-kong-set-for-heavy-showers-squally-thunderstorms-over-next-few",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-01T15:06:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3362655/hong-kong-set-heavy-showers-squally-thunderstorms-over-next-few-days"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong residents should prepare for wet and stormy weather in the coming days, warns the Hong Kong Observatory. The city will experience heavy showers and squally thunderstorms as a broad trough of low pressure and an active southerly wind influence the region. Authorities reported six landslides between Friday and Saturday evening, along with damage to a retaining wall. The Observatory will issue rainstorm warnings or heavy rain advisories as needed. Temperatures will hover around 24-28 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with more showers and thunderstorms expected on Monday and the following days. An area of low pressure over the seas east of the Philippines could move towards Luzon, potentially lingering for a couple of days. Tropical Cyclone Dolphin, currently over the western North Pacific, is set to move towards the seas south of Japan in the next few days, though its exact path remains uncertain. The typhoon's outer subsiding air will bring very hot weather to southeastern China's coast, triggering thundery showers. Tropical Cyclone Dolphin's name comes from Hong Kong's Chinese white dolphins. The Geotechnical Engineering Office has received six landslide reports and a report of retaining wall damage, urging the public to remain vigilant regarding landslide risks.",
  "summary": "Hongkongers should brace for more bad weather over the next few days. The Hong Kong Observatory warned on Saturday that showers would be heavy at times with squally thunderstorms over the coast of southern China in the next couple of days under the influence of a broad trough of low pressure and an active southerly airstream. Meanwhile, authorities said they received six landslide reports between…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}