IMMEDIATE
EN CLAIR
REGISTRY No.51
1 & AUG 1971
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FM GOVERNOR HONG KONG 178823Z
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UNCLASSIFIED
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 572 OF 17 AUG INFO ROUTINE
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
MYTEL NO 571 : TYPHOON ROSE.
FOLLOWING AMPLIFIES MYTEL UNDER REFERENCE AND REPORTS SITUATION AS
KNOWN AT 1233 HOURS 17 AUGUST.
(A) CASUALTIES: KILLED 12 (EXCLUDING THOSE MENTIONED
IN (B) BELOW).
MISSING 8.
TREATED AND DISCHARGED 151.
ADMITTED 66.
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ABOUT 489 RENDERED HOMELESS AND IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION.
1730 TEMPORARILY EVACUATED.
(B) SHIPPING : 25 SHIPS GROUNDED. 3 SHIPS WENT ADRIFT. FATSHAN A FERRY ON THE MACAO RUN SUNK OFF LANTAU ISLAND, PROBABLY WHILE SHELTERING. ONLY 4 SURVIVORS OF CREW NUMBERING
70 80
- 89 SO FAR KNOWN ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE MORE AMONG SOME
60 OTHER PEOPLE PICKED UP BY THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GENERAL
AREA. MARINE POLICE MAY ALSO HAVE PICKED UP SOME SURVIVORS.
SEARCH PROCEEDS BUT POSITION STILL OBSCURE. NO PASSENGERS WERE
ON BOARD. (C)
DAMAGE :
EXTENT STILL NOT KNOWN BUT NO MAJOR LANDSLIDES. (D) ROADS : 27 ROADS STILL COMPLETELY BLOCKED AND 39 PARTIALLY. (E) POWER AND TELEPHONES: A FEW AREAS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER
AND MANY TELEPHONES STILL OUT OF ORDER.
(F) FLOODING : SOME AREAS STILL FLOODED.
(G). HOUSE COLLAPSES : TWO.
(H)
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES : ABOUT 2,830 DESTROYED OR DAMAGED, NEARLY ALL IN THE RESITE AREA NORTH OF LYEMUN PASS.
(1) RAINFALL : 13 INCHES.
(J) FIRES : 157, ALL EXTINGUISHED, OF WHICH 2 WERE SERIOUS AND ONE RESULTED IN THE POWER FAILURE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
CAUSING MANY PEOPLE TO BE TRAPPED IN LIFTS,
/ 2. THIS WAS