2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (95+ words) Nearly 40 per cent of Hong Kong's elderly live in districts with medium to high or high-extreme heat risk, a new study has found....

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (367+ words) Hong Kong’s homeless population faces increasing health risks as rising temperatures lead to pest infestations and leave individuals on the street more vulnerable to heatstroke, an NGO has said....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (27+ words) Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry routes in eastern China's Fujian province on Thursday, after forecasters warned of heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Saudel....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (434+ words) Kiribati, a tiny Pacific neighbour to Hawaii that has grown ties with Beijing, detained a Chinese vessel this month for illegally harvesting shark fins, its maritime police told AFP. The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (323+ words) Close to 80 per cent of low-income elderly residents in Hong Kong report suffering physical or mental distress related to extreme heat, a Greenpeace survey has found....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) Authorities are aiming to revamp a heat stress warning system by the end of the month after it was deemed inadequate by former Observatory chiefs amid a historic heatwave. Labour and welfare chief Chris Sun said on Tuesday that the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) Residents living in “shoebox” flats and other inadequate housing have experienced temperatures that feel like 52 degrees Celsius this summer, a climate NGO has found. The CarbonCare InnoLab said in a press conference on Sunday that it took temperature and humidity…...