WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982
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TWO AIRLINE FLIGHTS ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE NEAR HONG KONG ON AUGUST 16 AND 18, AND AS A RESULT TWO PASSENGERS WERE KILLED AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS WERE INJURED.
BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN AUGUST 16 AND 19, 667 REPORTS OF FLOODING AND 119 REPORTS OF LANDSLIPS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY LANDSLIPS AT KAU WA KENG NEW VILLAGE, LAI CHI KOK AND YAU KOM TAU ON TSING YI WHILE AN ELDERLY MAN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED AWAY BY FLOOD WATER AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
FLOODING WAS MOST SERIOUS IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN, FORCING A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF FERRY SERVICES TO CENTRAL AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SERVICES BETWEEN LAI KING AND TSUEN WAN.
IN KAM TIN AND YUEN LONG, OVER 430 HECTARES OF CROPS AND 310 HECTARES OF FISH PONDS WERE FLOODED, DROWNING 7 000 HEADS OF POULTRY AND 100 PIGS AND RENDERING 1 460 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
A WATERSPOUT LANDED AT A DOCKYARD IN SOUTHWESTERN TSING YI IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST 18, OVERTURNING AND DAMAGING SEVERAL TWO-TONNE EMPTY CONTAINERS, AND BLOWING AWAY PART OF THE ROOF OF A WORKSHOP.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON AUGUST 20 AND 21 AND EXCEPT FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS, REMAINED GENERALLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH,
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNALS WERE HOISTED IN HONG KONG DURING THE MONTH, THOUGH SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA, KILLING 64 PEOPLE IN JAPAN, 19 IN TAIWAN AND 38 IN SOUTHERN KOREA, AND 32 IN THE PHILIPPINES.
DURING THE MONTH FIVE AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER ON AUGUST 16,
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ON AUGUST 1, 3 AND 4 AS
A HEAVY RAIN WARNING WELL AS FROM AUGUST 7 TO 10 AND 13 TO 20. WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 16.
NO FIRE DANGER WARNING OR STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
SUNSHINE
RAINFALL
CLOUDINESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
201.8 HOURS: 4.2 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
872.0 MM 1 458.6 MM ABOVE NORMAL 68 PER CENT: 2 PER CENT MORE THAN NORMAL 83 PER CENT NORMAL
31.0 DEG C : 28.3 DEG C : 26.3 DEG C
0.2 DEG C BELOW NORMAL 0.1 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL 0.4 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL 24.9 DEG C 0.1 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL
159.8 MM : 5.7 MM BELOW NORMAL
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 33.2 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 12 AND THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 18.
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