Hong Kong lowers red rainstorm warning to amber, but heavy rain to last over weekend

Heavy thundery showers are expected in Hong Kong on Friday and will continue until Monday, according to the city’s weather forecaster, which lowered the rainstorm warning from red to amber in the afternoon. The Observatory issued the amber rainstorm warning to red at 11.05am on Friday, meaning that more than 50mm (2 inches) of rain had fallen in an hour or was likely to fall generally over the cit