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THE FIRST MUDSLIP WAS REPORTED AT AROUND 11 AM IN SAU MAU PING WHERE SIX WOODEN HUTS WERE AFFECTED AND MORE THAN TWENTY PEOPLE EVACUATED. THE SECOND MUDSLIP WAS REPORTED AT AROUND 1.30 PM IN LAM TIN WHERE A WOODEN HUT WAS PARTIALLY BURIED BY MUD AND A FAMILY OF SIX EVACUATED. SOME LOW-LYING AREAS IN TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON CITY, CASTLE PEAK, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND SAI KUNG WERE INUNDATED. IN THE EVENING THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG, AND WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE NORTH AND FINE WEATHER SET IN.
NORTHERLY WINDS BECAME STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES DURING THE MORNING OF MAY 16 AND THE FINE WEATHER PERSISTED UNTIL MAY 18.
THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY ON MAY 19 AND THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BECAME ACTIVE NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON MAY 20 AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN HONG KONG. GUSTS OF 47 KNOTS AND 44 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CHEUNG CHAU RESPECTIVELY AROUND 2 PM DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A 6-METRE TREE FELL ONTO THE ROAD AT THE JUNCTION OF OLD PEAK ROAD AND MAY ROAD, BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR.
THERE WERE ALSO OVER 30 REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG, INCLUDING YUEN LONG, SHEUNG SHUI, KWAI CHUNG, TO KWA WAN, WANG TAU HOM, KWUN TONG, CAUSEWAY BAY, WAN CHAI AND HAPPY VALLEY. IN CHAI WAN, SEVERAL SQUATTER HUTS WERE FLOODED.
A MINOR MUDSLIP WAS ALSO REPORTED IN HOLY CROSS PATH VILLAGE IN SAI WAN HO.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED BRIEFLY IN THE MORNING OF MAY 21, BUT HEAVY SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON RESULTED IN FLOODING IN TUEN MUN, KWAI CHUNG AND CHAI WAN.
THERE WAS A SHORT INTERLUDE OF FINE WEATHER ON MAY 22, BUT FROM MAY 23 TO 25, THE WEATHER WAS UNSETTLED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM TIME TO TIME.
VERY LOCALISED HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING OF MAY 26. THE DOWNPOUR WAS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND WHERE MORE THAN 100 MM OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, NO RAIN WAS RECORDED IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND.
THERE WERE 12 REPORTS OF FLOODING. IN CHA! WAN, SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRED IN TWO SEPARATE SQUATTER AREAS WHERE 96 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED. IN SHAU KEJ WAN MAIN STREET EAST, FLOOD WATER OF 1 M DEEP TRAPPED SOME 300 PEDESTRIANS WHO HAD TO BE ESCORTED TO SAFETY BY FIREMEN.
MUDSLIPS OCCURRED IN HOLY CROSS PATH VILLAGE IN SAI WAN HO, A KUNG NGAM VILLAGE IN SHAU KEI WAN, CHEUNG LUNG TIN VILLAGE AND ANDERSON ROAD IN KWUN TONG, NUMBER ONE VILLAGE IN LAM TIN AND MOUNT PARKER ROAD IN NORTH POINT.
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ON MAY 27 AND 28.
/ON MAY 27