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Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has issued an amber rainstorm warning, calling on the public to seek safe shelter as thunderstorms and intense gusts are set to hit the city.

The Hong Kong Observatory raised the signal at 11.35am on Wednesday, saying areas of intense thundery showers associated with upper-air disturbances had been persistently affecting the...