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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1985
SIX WOODEN HUTS ON THE HILLSIDE IN SAU ON VILLAGE, KWUN TONG, BECAME UNSAFE WHEN A STREAM OVERFLOWED AN WASHED AWAY PART OF THE IR FOUNDATIONS. A TOTAL OF 22 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED. THE WEATHER WAS FINE ON AUGUST 20 BUT SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS RETURNED THE NEXT DAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 42 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT CHEUNG CHAU AT ABOUT 1 AM ON AUGUST 21 DURING THE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERY WEATHER CONTINUED ON AUGUST 22.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED IN HONG KONG WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON AUGUST 23 AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO MOVE WESTWARD TO THE LEIZHOU PENINSULA. THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BECAME VERY ACTIVE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED OFFSHORE IN HONG KONG ON AUGUST 24. IT WAS CLOUDY ON AUGUST 24 WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SUNNY PERIODS.
THE NEXT DAY SHOWERS BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND WERE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY,
ADVERSE WEATHER CONTINUED TO AFFECT HONG KONG FROM AUGUST 26 TO 29. MORE THAN 100 MM OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN THE EIGHT HOURS FROM MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM ON AUGUST 26.
SOME 130 PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES DUE TO THE MUDSLIPS IN SAU ON VILLAGE, POKFULAM VILLAGE AND ON TIN WAN PRAYA ROAD, ABERDEEN. THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR FLOODED SOME LOW-LYING AREAS BUT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SERIOUS DAMAGE. THE WORST HIT AREAS WERE KOWLOON CITY, TSUEN WAN NEAR FUK LO1 ESTATE, YUEN LONG AND TIN SHUI WAI.
PERSISTENT RAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON AUGUST 27 WITH ANOTHER 74.3 MM RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
TWENTY NINE REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING WERE RECEIVED AND THERE WERE 19 REPORTS OF LANDSLIPS, MUDSLIPS AND CRASHING BOULDERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. ABOUT 80 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES IN CHA KWO LING, CHAI WAN AND ON AP LEI CHAU.
THE RAINY WEATHER CONTINUED UNTIL AUGUST 29.
MUDSLIPS OCCURRED AT LAM TIN AND YAU TONG IN KOWLOON AND AT SAI KUNG AND SHAM TSENG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON AUGUST 29.
FINE WEATHER SET IN ON AUGUST 30 AND CONTINUED THE NEXT DAY. NINE TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH, BUT NONE AFFECTED HONG KONG.
DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
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