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Hong Kong has issued its third “very hot weather” warning in five days, with the city about to usher in the summer season.
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the warning at 11.45am on Wednesday and said that very hot weather was expected in the city.
“A southerly airstream is bringing very hot weather to the coast of southern China,” the forecaster said.
“Locally, temperatures in many places in the New Territories rose to about 33 degrees [Celsius] around noon.”
According to the Observatory, temperatures reached more than 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) at 12.30pm in most places in the city. The highest recorded reading so far was 34.2 degrees in Ta Kwu Ling.