SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1982
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WINDS FRESHENED EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 12 WHILE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS PREVAILED FROM SEPTEMBER 13 TO 14 AS TYPHOON IRVING MOVED NORTHWEST FROM XISHA IN THE PARACELS TO THE NORTHEASTERN TIP OF HAINAN.
WINDS MODERATED ON SEPTEMBER 15 WHEN IRVING CROSSED THE LEIZHOU PENINSULA BUT THE WEATHER REMAINED UNSETTLED.
NUMBER ONE SIGNAL WAS HOISTED FOR TYPHOON IRVING AT 4 PM ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND UPGRADED TO NUMBER THREE THE FOLLOWING DAY. IT REVERTED TO NUMBER ONE ON SEPTEMBER 14 AND WAS LOWERED ON SEPTEMBER 15.
HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SEPTEMBER 16 AND 17 CAUSED FLOODING AND MINOR LANDSLIPS IN HONG KONG.
FLOODING WAS MOST SERIOUS IN DIAMOND HILL DISTRICT WHERE FOUR SQUATTER HUTS WERE DESTROYED AND A SECTION OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. TWO SQUATTER HUTS IN KWUN TONG COLLAPSED IN THE RAIN, BUT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.
APART FROM THUNDERY SHOWERS ON SEPTEMBER 21, 22 AND 25, THE WEATHER WAS FINE FROM SEPTEMBER 18 TO 28.
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE WINTER MONSOON ON SEPTEMBER 28, WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE EAST AND REMAINED STRONG OFF-SHORE UNTIL THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 29.
THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 29.
THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH.
DURING SEPTEMBER, SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SEVERE TROPICAL STORM HOPE, TYPHOON IRVING, TYPHOON JUDY, TYPHOON KEN, TROPICAL STORM LOLA AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
HOWEVER. ONLY TYPHOON IRVING CAUSED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS TO BE HOISTED IN HONG KONG.
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM HOPE DEVELOPED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SEPTEMBER 4, MOVED STEADILY WESTWARDS AND HIT THE VIETNAM COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 6.
TYPHOON IRVING FORMED OVER THE PACIFIC ABOUT 650 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF MANILA ON SEPTEMBER 5, CAME WITHIN 400 NAUTICAL MILES OF HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND EVENTUALLY LANDED IN GUANGXI ON SEPTEMBER 15.
TYPHOON JUDY HIT EAST AND CENTRAL JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, ABOUT SIX DAYS AFTER ITS FORMATION NEAR GUAM, TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, NINE REPORTED MISSING AND 94 INJURED IN JAPAN.
TYPHOON KEN FORMED OVER THE PACIFIC ABOUT 690 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF MANILA ON SEPTEMBER 16 AND MOVED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 25, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURING 12 OTHERS.
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