Exhibition highlights dangers of Hong Kong weather, a day after student, 18, dies from lightning strike

Photo capturing lightning bolts tucked inside cloud amid sunset is winning entrant in competition organised by Observatory and Airport Authority

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The photo and video exhibition runs until November 11. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Published: 9:33am, 4 Jul 2018Updated: 9:33am, 4 Jul 2018

An exhibition of images showing the gamut of Hong Kong’s weather is aiming to raise awareness and understanding of its volatility, and debuted just a day after an 18-year-old student was struck and killed by lightning.

Launched on Tuesday, the event was the outcome of a competition held earlier this year in which 63 entrants were shortlisted from a total of 2,000 photos and video clips to be displayed at Hong Kong International Airport.

Organisers the Hong Kong Observatory and the Airport Authority awarded the contest’s top prize to a picture showing an array of lightning bolts tucked inside a cloud amid sunset above Sai Kung.

On Monday the city’s hiking community was left in shock after Ian Lo Go-yin, who had recently completed his final year at South Island School in Aberdeen, was struck by lightning while out walking in Ma On Shan Country Park. He was later declared dead in hospital.

The event is the outcome of a competition held earlier this year in which 63 entrants were shortlisted from a total of 2,000 photos and video clips to be displayed at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Competition winner Cheung Sung-lok said he felt the city’s weather had been fluctuating considerably in the past few years.

And he credited “luck” in snapping his first-prize image.