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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1993
A HIKER WAS BEING WASHED AWAY BY A RAGING TORRENT DOWN THE HILLSIDE IN CASTLE PEAK AREA. AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS INJURED AFTER HIER HOUSE WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLEN TREE.
ABOUT 40 CASES OF FLOODING WERE REPORTED, MOSTLY IN YUEN LONG AND TSUEN WAN.
FREQUENT LIGHT RAIN
SUNNY PERIODS
DURING THE DAY ON MAY 10 WERE FOLLOWED BY THAT NIGHT AS EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED. THE SEQUENCE OF WEATHER EVENTS THEN REPEATED ITSELF OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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VISIBILITY WAS POOREST ON THE MORNING OF MAY 13 AS FOG INTO VICTORIA HARBOUR. THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FINE AND HOT BECOMING CLOUDY EARLY ON MAY 15 AS ANOTHER TROUGH PASSED THROUGH AND EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED.
BUT THE TROUGH ON THIS OCCASION WAS NOT AS ACTIVE, BRINGING ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN TO THE TERRITORY.
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A SPELL OF FINE AND HOT WEATHER PREVAILED ON MAY 16-21. DURING PERIOD, WINDS GRADUALLY MODERATED AND VEERED TO A MORE SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION.
BY MAY 22, WINDS HAD TURNED SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE LATE MORNING.
THE WEATHER BECAME EVEN MORE UNSETTLED THE NEXT DAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.
THIS TROUGH LINGERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FOR DAYS, GIVING RISE TO ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG.
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE TERRITORY ON THE MORNINGS OF MAY 23 AND 24 WHILE THE RAINY WEATHER PERSISTED TILL MAY 26.
BY THEN, OVER 200 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
A WOODEN HUT WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLEN BOULDER ON A HILLSIDE IN SHA TIN. SOME AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE FLOODED AND TRAFFIC IN KWAI CHUNG WAS SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED.
AS A FRONTAL DEPRESSION DEVELOPED TO THE EAST OF TAIWAN, A NORTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM BLEW ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS AND BROUGHT DRIER AIR FROM THE INLAND REGION. THE WEATHER IMPROVED MARKEDLY ON MAY 27.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, CONDITIONS WERE UNSEASONABLY DRY
AS DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPED BELOW 50 PER CENT.
UNDER A BRILLIANTLY FINE SKY, TEMPERATURES CLIMBED то THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 31.7 DEGREES ON MAY 28.
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