By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-21 15:07:24 | Updated at 2024-10-21 21:04:27
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A tropical depression has developed to the east in the Philippines and might intensify further, skirting about 400km (248 miles) to the south of Hong Kong later this week, the Observatory has warned.
The tropical depression was about 980km east of Manila on Monday evening and moving west or west-northwest at about 18km/h (11mph) towards seas east of Luzon in the Philippines. It is expected to directly affect the northern part of Luzon.
The Observatory has released a path projection for the tropical depression, indicating a potential upgrade to a severe tropical storm by Saturday.
It could approach to within 800km southeast of Hong Kong, steering towards the central South China Sea.
By Saturday afternoon, it could pass 400km to the south of Hong Kong, the Observatory said.
However, the forecaster said there were uncertainties over its subsequent route, with possibilities including a westward motion across the central and northern South China Sea or taking a northwestward track edging closer to the coast of southern China.
