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Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 1 typhoon warning signal at 12.20pm on Friday as a low pressure over the northeastern part of the South China Sea intensifies into a tropical depression.
The Hong Kong Observatory said the tropical depression was expected to enter within 800km…