Hong Kong records more than 10,000 lightning strikes amid three-hour amber rainstorm alert


By Olga WongEdith Lin

Hong Kong on Thursday morning recorded more than 10,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes amid an amber rainstorm warning that lasted for less than three hours.

More than 5,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were recorded between 6am and 6.59am, while over 3,000 such occurrences were observed at an hourly rate from 4am to about 6am, according to the Observatory.

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