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IT WAS ALSO CLOUDIER THAN USUAL. THE MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS WAS 77 PER CENT, WHICH IS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR AUGUST.
THE TOTAL OF 152.3 HOURS OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE IS THE EIGHTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE ON AUGUST 1 BUT BECAME SHOWERY THE NEXT DAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER BEIBU WAN MOVED GENERALLY EASTWARDS. SHOWERY CONDITIONS LASTED UNTIL AUGUST 6 WHEN THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF VIETNAM.
WEATHER THEN TURNED FINE AND CONTINUED SO FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, BUT ON AUGUST 9 ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER BEIRU WAN AND THE ASSOCIATED MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AGAIN BROUGHT SHOWERY WEATHER. THE RAINY CONDITIONS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
OVERNIGHT ON AUGUST 12, A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED TO THE SOUTH OF HONG KONG. SHOWERS WERE ONLY ISOLATED ON AUGUST 13. HOWEVER, MORE FREQUENT SHOWERS OCCURRED THE NEXT DAY AS THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BECAME MORE ACTIVE.
-HEAVY RAIN DURING THE DAY RESULTED IN TWO MINOR LANDSLIPS IN LEI YUE MUN AND ONE MAN WAS INJURED. NINE CASES OF MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THERE WERE ALSO FOUR CASES OF FLOODING IN KOWLOON.
THE SHOWERY WEATHER PERSISTED ON AUGUST 15, AND ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING DURING HEAVY RAIN THERE WAS A SUBSIDENCE OF A SECTION OF CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL MEASURING ABOUT TWO BY THREE METRES.
AT AROUND NOON, A WATERSPOUT ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURRED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AP LEI CHAU. THE WATERSPOUT MOVED OVER LAND BRIEFLY AND CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE BEFORE IT DISSIPATED.
THAT AFTERNOON TWO YOUNG MEN WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WINDSURFING OFF SHEK O.
THE PREVALENCE OF THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON CONTINUED RAINY CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS. ON HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN 38 CASES OF FLOODING IN THE NEW AND THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF KOWLOON.
WHILE
ΤΟ MAINTAIN AUGUST 18. TERRITORIES
THE WORST HIT AREA WAS KWAI CHUNG WHERE 50 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED. MINOR LANDSLIPS ALSO OCCURRED IN SHEK KIP MEI AND SHA TIN.
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