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1' WAS THE FIRST TYPHOON THAT NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNALS IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR.

THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND VERY HOT ON JULY 10, THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 34.8 DEGREES CELSIUS ON JULY 10, MAKING THE DAY THE FOURTH HOTTEST RECORDED IN JULY. IN THE SAME EVENING, THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRIGGERED OFF BY THE INTENSE SOLAR HEATING.

THE WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY ON JULY 11 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PEGGY. THE NO. 3 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT 2.10 AM WHEN IT MOVED TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.

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THE NO. 8 SOUTHWESTERLY GALE OR STORM SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT 3.30 PM ON THE SAME DAY WHEN PEGGY WAS ABOUT TO CROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG. CAME CLOSEST TO HONG KONG AROUND 9 PM WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 90 KILOMETRES TO THE NORTHEAST. STRONG TO GALE-FORCE WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY WIDESPREAD AND FREQUENT SQUALLY SHOWERS BATTERED THE TERRITORY.

WHEN PEGGY MOVED FURTHER INLAND AND AWAY FROM HONG KONG IN THE EARLY MORNING OF JULY 12, THE NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS CHANGED TO A STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 AT 2.15 AM.

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THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, PEGGY'S INTENSE RAINBANDS GAVE RISE TO SEVERE SQUALLS IN PERSISTENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THAN 100 MM OF RAIN WERE RECORDED IN URBAN AREAS, SAI KUNG, SHA

RAIN BECAME LESS HEAVY TIN AND TSUEN WAN BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM.

AND SOUTHERLY WINDS MODERATED IN THE AFTERNOON.

ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 6.40 PM ON JULY 12 WHEN PEGGY WAS ABOUT 330 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF HONG KONG.

DURING THE PASSAGE OF PEGGY, A SIX-YEAR OLD BOY WAS DROWNED AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD FROM HIS FAMILY BOAT IN AP LEI CHAU. TWENTY-SIX PEOPLE SUFFERED INJURIES.

ON JULY 12 ALONE, THERE WERE 20 CASES OF LANDSLIPS AND 78

LANDSLIPS WERE REPORTS OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

REPORTED IN ABERDEEN, WAN CHAI, SHEK KIP MEI, SAU MAU PING AND LEI YJE MUN. THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON ROUTE TWISK, NEAR TAI MO SHAN, WHERE OVER 40 TONNES OF SOIL AND ROCKS FELL FROM A SLOPE.

PEGGY ALSO SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED TRANSPORT: FERRY SERVICES CAME AT A HALT AND 11 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG.

WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND IT WAS FINE AND HOT FROM JULY 15 TO 19, APART FROM SOME SHOWERS.

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