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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1987
DURING JULY 25 TO 27, ISOLATED CASES OF FLOODING AND LANDSLIPS WERE REPORTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.
INAPPROPRIATELY, THERE WERE ALSO FOUR HOURS OF SUNSHINE ON JULY 27. HOWEVER, THAT PROVED TO BE THE SHORT RESPITE IN BETWEEN SPELLS OF HEAVY RAIN.
ON JULY 28, ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED ACROSS SOUTH CHINA AND REMAINED STATIONARY. IT DEVELOPED EXTENSIVELY BOTH IN COVERAGE AND UP THE ATMOSPHERE, AND FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED OTHER WEATHER SYSTEMS IN ITS VICINITY.
STRONG SQUALLY SOUTHWEST MONSOON WAS DRAWN ACROSS THE COAST, AND THE ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL REGION EXPERIENCED CONTINUOUS HEAVY OR TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM JULY 28 TO 30.
IN HONG KONG, THERE WERE 27 REPORTS TERRITORIES, FOUR REPORTS OF LANDSLIPS STANLEY AND ABERDEEN ON JULY 29.
OF FLOODING IN THE NEW IN MAN KAM TO, TAI
RAIN SITUATION WORSENED ON JULY 30,
RESULTED IN 61 CASES OF THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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AGGRAVATING DOWNPOUR FLOODING AND 42 CASES OF LANDSLIPS
A TOTAL OF 123 HECTARES OF FARMLAND AND THREE HECTARES OF FISH-PONDS WERE INUNDATED.
THE MOST SERIOUS LANDSLIP OCCURRED IN CHO YIU CHUEN IN KWAI CHUNG, MORE THAN 1,000 RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
ANOTHER LANDSLIP, WHICH OCCURRED AT THE SHA TIN ENTRANCE TO THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, LITERALLY PARALYSED TRAFFIC BETWEEN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AFTER A FURTHER THREE MINOR LANDSLIPS IN KENNEDY TOWN ON THE MORNING OF JULY 31, WEATHER IMPROVED ON THE LAST AFTERNOON OF THE MONTH AND JULY 1987 ENDED ON A BRIGHT NOTE.
FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 19 AND FROM JULY 21 TO 31. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 22, 28 AND 30. A LANDSLIP WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM JULY 30 TO 31.
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