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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988

SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN LOW PRESSURE MOVED BRINGING

AND SHOWERS

MEANWHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE

AREA OF WAS EDGING WESTWARDS. ON JULY 10, THIS

SOUTH CHINA COASTAL ACROSS THE

WATERS, OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO HONG KONG,

FINE

SHOWERY WEATHER PREVAILED UNTIL JULY 13 WHEN A PRESSURE SET IN AND THE WEATHER BECAME GENERALLY FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.

RIDGE OF HIGH APART FROM A

NORTHERN ON JULY 18, WARREN, A FAST-MOVING TYPHOON SKIRTED THE

SEA. THE STAND BY SIGNAL TIP OF LUZON AND ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA

AM WHEN WARREN WAS ABOUT NO. 1 WAS HOISTED AT 11

800 KILOMETRES

EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG.

STILL QUITE FAR AWAY,

HOWEVER, ONE OF

WITH RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH WARREN THE WEATHER ON JULY 18 CONTINUED TO BE MAINLY FINE. THESE RAINBANDS REACHED HONG KONG EARLY NEXT MORNING AND GAVE RISE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS 58 KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE URBAN AREAS AND 90 KILOMETRES

OFFSHORE.

WITH GUSTS REACHING PER HOUR

SOUTH CHINA COAST, AS WARREN CONTINUED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE

JULY 19. THE THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS HOISTED AT 4.10 AM ON WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY WAS CLOUDY WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS.

PM ABOUT 210

WARREN MADE LANDFALL AT AROUND 4.30 EAST-NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG AND BEGAN TO WEAKEN.

KILOMETRES

KONG THAT EVENING AND ITS EXTENSIVE RAIN AREA AFFECTED HONG THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WINDS ALSO REACHED STRONG FORCE.

RESULT

SOME FLOODING AND LANDSLIP INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED AS A OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A SCAFFOLDING IN TSIM SHA TSUI ALSO COLLAPSED.

WITH THE FURTHER WEAKENING OF WARREN OVER LAND ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 5 AM ON JULY 20.

THE NEXT DAY,

OF THE DAY AND WAS THE NEW TERRITORIES CAUSING

HOWEVER, RAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT MOST HEAVIEST OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF SEVERE FLOODING IN THE AREA.

A TOTAL OF 270

WAS

FLOODED. LIVESTOCK

HECTARES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND SIXTY-FIVE TONNES OF FRESH-WATER FISH AND A LARGE NUMBER OF WERE REPORTED LOST.

/APART FROM