XN000022-1983-09-27 — Page 8

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1983

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APART FROM SOME SHOWERS, THE WEATHER FOR THE FIRST 13 DAYS WAS MAINLY FINE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 2, 3, 8, 11 AND 13.

ON AUGUST 14, IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WERE THUNDERY SHOWERS THE FOLLOWING DAY. AS THE THUNDERY SHOWERS BECAME FREQUENT AND HEAVY, MINOR FLOODINGS WERE REPORTED, ON THE ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT SHOWERS PERSISTED UP TO AUGUST 18.

THE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ON AUGUST 19. BROUGHT ABOUT LIGHTNING STRIKES ON OVERHEAD CABLES OF THE POWER COMPANIES, CAUSING POWER FAILURES OVER EXTENSIVE AREAS OF HONG KONG.

ALTHOUGH SHOWERS SUBSIDED THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FROM AUGUST 21 TO 24, BRINGING WITH IT OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

A ROOF OF A HOUSE AT HOLY CROSS PATH VILLAGE IN SAI WAN HO COLLAPSED IN THE RAIN ON AUGUST 21 AND 10 FAMILIES HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

MINOR LANDSLIPS OCCURRED IN SAU MAU PING AND TSZ WAN SHAN ON AUGUST 22.

THERE WERE A FEW MINOR LANDSLIPS AND FLOODING IN SEVERAL AREAS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ON AUGUST 23, RESULTING IN THE CLOSURE OF A SECTION OF THE JATS INCLINE AND SIX FAMILIES AT HAMMER HILL SQUATTER AREA HAD TO BE EVACUATED WHEN THE PLACE WAS THREATENED BY POSSIBLE LANDSLIPS.

ON AUGUST 24, A BOULDER WEIGHING BETWEEN 100 AND 200 TONNES FELL FROM A HILLSIDE IN QUARRY BAY, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. IN KOWLOON, TWO SMALLER BOULDERS FELL FROM A HILLSIDE NEAR THE NGAU CHI WAN SQUATTER AREA, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO SQUATTER HUTS. THAN 10 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

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A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG ON AUGUST 25, BRINGING MORE HEAVY SHOWERS.

DESPITE ISOLATED SHOWERS ON AUGUST 26 AND 30, CONDITIONS IMPROVED AND WEATHER WAS FINE IN THESE FEW DAYS, WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH.

HOWEVER, THE LAST DAY OF MONTH ENDED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERS, ALTOGETHER SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE MONTH.

TYPHOON ABBY DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF GUAM ON AUGUST 5, AND FINALLY LANDED OVER HONSHU, JAPAN, ON AUGUST 17 AFTER RECURVING NEAR THE RYUKYUS ON AUGUST 10.

IT BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAIN TO JAPAN, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND RAILWAYS, RESULTING IN TWO PERSONS BEING KILLED, ONE PERSON BEING REPORTED MISSING AND 27 OTHERS INJURED.

/SEVERE TROPICAL