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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
GENERALLY FINE WEATHER THEN PREVAILED TILL SEPTEMBER 7. APART FROM AN OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 6.
A WORKER WAS KILLED AND HIS TWO COLLEAGUES WERE INJURED AFTER THEY WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE WORKING ON A HILLTOP SITE IN SHAU KEI WAN.
TYPHOON DOT SWEPT PAST TAIWAN ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND MOVED INTO OF SOUTHERN CHINA THE FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE DEGENERATING INTO A TROUGH LOW PRESSURE.
THE TYPHOON AND ITS REMNANT BROUGHT SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
TORRENTIAL RAIN ΤΟ THE
RAINFALL IN HONG KONG EXCEEDED 230 MILLIMETRES OVER THE FIVE-DAY PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 8 TO 12.
THE RAIN WAS HEAVIEST ON SEPTEMBER 10 WHEN OVER 100 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED. THE DOWNPOUR, ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES, TRIGGERED OFF FLOODING AND LANDSLIP OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY,
AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE MOST AFFECTED. ABOUT 100 THE SCHOOL-CHILDREN WERE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATER IN TA KWU LING, WHILE FLOODING OF FISH PONDS IN KAM TIN RESULTED IN
ESTIMATED LOSS OF OVER HK$100,000.
AN
AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WAS ALSO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
ATTRIBUTED то THE
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 13 APART CONDITION PREVAILED IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS SHOWERS ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 15.
AND GENERALLY FINE FROM SOME ISOLATED
FROM THE
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS BLEW DOWN SOME SCAFFOLDINGS IN NORTH POINT. WINDS FRESHENED
THE EAST IN EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 15 AS TYPHOON ED MOVED INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
A MAN WAS RESCUED FROM THE SEA OFF CHAI WAN AFTER HIS RUBBER BOAT WAS OVERTURNED BY BLUSTERY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ON SEPTEMBER 16.
THE
ON STAYED DESPITE THE WINDY CONDITION, THE WEATHER
FINE
SOUTH SIDE WHILE ED PASSED BY TO THE
OF HONG KONG. THE WEATHER
ED
ΤΟ TURNED
A FINALLY DETERIORATED ON SEPTEMBER 19 WHEN
MORE
TRACK TOWARDS
AND NORTHERN VIETNAM NORTHWESTWARD
ONE OF THE ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.
THE RAIN PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL TO THE TERRITORY.
AND
BROUGHT NEARLY
100
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO REPORTED DURING THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FELL TO 23.9 DEGREES, THE
OF THE MONTH. THE DELUGE CAUSED MINOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS OVER THE TERRITORY.
FLOODING AND
TRAFFIC
/THE RAIN
AND THE LOWEST JAM AT
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