TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1984
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SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BETTY FORMED ABOUT 220 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF MANILA ON JULY 5. IT PASSED ABOUT 120 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG EARLY ON JULY 9 AND DISSIPATED OVERLAND NEAR ZHANJIANG IN THE EVENING.
TYPHOON CARY ORIGINATED NEAR THE MARIANA ISLANDS ON JULY 7. IT RECURVED ABOUT 270 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF IWO JIMA ON JULY 10, THEN MOVED NORTHEASTWARDS AND DISSIPATED OVER THE PACIFIC EAST OF JAPAN ON JULY 14.
TYPHOON DINAH DEVELOPED ABOUT 900 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM ON JULY 24. IT RECURVED ON JULY 26 AND WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS OVER THE PACIFIC TO THE EAST OF JAPAN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
TYPHOON ED FORMED ABOUT 250 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA ON JULY 25. IT MOVED WESTWARDS AND PASSED ABOUT 100 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF KAGOSHIMA LATE ON JULY 29.
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ON THAT DAY, A 1 200-TONNE SOUTH KOREAN SHIPILSIN GLORY' SANK IN THE KOREAN STRAIT NEAR NAGASAKI, RESULTING IN ONE PERSON KILLED AND 11 MISSING.
A 4 800-TONNE SINGAPOREAN CONTAINER SHIP, 'GLORIA EXPRESS'. RAN AGROUND IN SOUTHERN KYUSHU AND ONE PERSON WAS MISSING,
DUE TO TYPHOON ED, THE LAUNCHING OF THE JAPANESE WEATHER SATELLITE GMS-3 WAS POSTPONED.
ON JULY 31, ED PASSED ABOUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF SHANGHAI AND WAS MOVING NORTHWESTWARDS ALONG THE COAST DURING THE NIGHT.
DURING THE MONTH, ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 3 AND 31.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER
SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
SEVERE
1
TROPICAL
JULY 7 11.15 AM
STORM
3
BETTY
JULY 8 9.40 AM
JULY 8 9.40 AM
JULY 9 3.40 PM
/THE MONTH'S
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