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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1984

FINE WEATHER PREVAILED FROM MAY 11 TO 13, THOUGH THERE WAS SOME COASTAL MIST.

IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 13, THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 30 DEGREE CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.

BUT THE FINE WEATHER GAVE WAY TO A LONG SPELL OF UNSETTLED WEATHER, WITH RAIN BEING RECORDED ALMOST EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.

ON MAY 14, THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS DURING THE DAY.

THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS ON MAY 15 AND 16. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED ON MAY 17 AND 18, CAUSING MINOR FLOODING.

THE SHOWERS CONTINUED ON MAY 19 AND A LATE SEASON SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED IN THE EVENING.

THE WEATHER BECAME COOLER THE FOLLOWING DAY, WITH PERIODS

LIGHT RAIN WAS OF RAIN WHICH WAS HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. RECORDED BETWEEN MAY 22 AND 26.

AFTER SUNNY PERIODS ON MAY 27, ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS OCCURRED THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

THE WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY ON MAY 29, WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECAME WIDESPREAD ON MAY 30, CAUSING ABOUT 150 INCIDENTS OF FLOODING AND 14 LANDSLIPS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.

AS A RESULT, A SECTION OF REPULSE BAY ROAD COLLAPSED, DAMAGING CABLES AND WATER PIPES, AND FOUR CARS AT TSO KUNG TAM IN TSUEN WAN WERE WASHED INTO A NULLAH. NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON MAY 31 WHEN ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE RECORDED.

THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.

FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 4, MAY 14 TO 19, MAY 28 TO 30.

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FLOODING WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 4 MAY 17 TO 19, MAY 29 TO 30. A LANDSLIP WARNING WAS ALSO ISSUED ON MAY 30.

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