Hong Kong issues amber rainstorm warning

The Hong Kong Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning on Sunday evening, with the signal remaining in place for more than two hours.
The weather forecaster issued the alert – the lowest level in a three-tier warning system – at 8.20pm and cancelled it at 10.30pm.
“A few squally thunderstorms are expected to occur over Hong Kong,” a spokesman for the Observatory said in the evening.
Showers would be heavy at times. The forecaster also warned that intense gusts reaching 70km/h (43mph) could...