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UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUED ON THE NEXT TWO DAYS, AND THERE WERE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH LED TO MINOR FLOODING IN PLACES.
TWO LANDSLIPS OCCURRED ON JUNE 5, ONE IN THE MORNING AT TAI PO ROAD NEAR TAI PO KAU, AND THE OTHER IN THE AFTERNOON IN A SQUATTER AREA IN KWUN TONG.
FROM JUNE 6 TO 9, IT WAS SUNNY AND HOT.
FROM TIME TO TIME BETWEEN JUNE 10 AND 15, SHOWERS OCCURRED. APART FROM AN OVERCAST DAY ON JUNE 12, SUNNY PERIODS WERE ALSO EXPERIENCED DURING THE PERIOD.
HOWEVER A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT UNSTABLE WEATHER TO THE COASTAL REGIONS OF SOUTHERN CHINA FROM JUNE 16 TO 21.
THERE WERE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 16, AND A TOTAL OF 174.7 MM OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. THE HEAVY RAIN, WHICH OCCURRED MAINLY IN THE MORNING, RESULTED IN 41 INCIDENTS OF FLOODING. THE WORST-HIT AREA WAS SAI TAU TSUEN IN KOWLOON CITY WHERE FLOOD WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE NEARLY TWO METRES DEEP. FOUR LANDSLIPS WERE REPORTED, THREE IN SQUATTER AREAS AT WONG TAI SIN, NGAU CHI WAN AND SAU MAU PING AND ONE AT LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD NEAR SHA TIN.
ON JUNE 17 AND 18, ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE RECORDED. CONDITIONS DETERIORATED AGAIN ON JUNE 19 AND THERE WERE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS UP TO JUNE 21.
JUNE 22 WAS A FINE DAY APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING,
THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY ON JUNE 23. IT BECAME VERY HOT ON JUNE 24 WHEN TEMPERATURES ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 32.9 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH. THERE WERE SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND AT ABOUT 2.30 PM ON THE SAME DAY, A WATERSPOUT LASTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES WAS SIGHTED OVER THE WEST LAMMA CHANNEL.
EARLY ON JUNE 25, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM WYNNE APPROACHED FROM THE EAST AND CAME CLOSE TO HONG KONG. LOCAL WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE NORTHEAST AT FIRST AND REACHED GALE FORCE IN EXPOSED PLACES FOR A SHORT DURATION DURING THE MORNING. THEY TURNED EASTERLY AND MODERATED IN THE AFTERNOON AS WYNNE MOVED AWAY FROM HONG KONG. FREQUENT SHOWERS WERE RECORDED DURING THE CLOSE APPROACH OF WYNNE. CONDITIONS IMPROVED IN THE EVENING AND THERE WERE ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS ON JUNE 26.
DURING THE REST OF THE MONTH, THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SUNNY PERIODS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO RECORDED ON JUNE 28.
TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
TROPICAL STORM VERNON WAS THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE OF THE YEAR. IT FORMED NEAR NANSHA ON JUNE 8 AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENTIANE ON JUNE 11.
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