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ON

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988

APART FROM SOME MORNING FINE BETWEEN JULY 21 AND 26.

SHOWERS, THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY

ON JULY 27 A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED OVER HONG

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KONG IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND TRIGGERED A SERIES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM9. THE HEAVY RAIN BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 24.2 DEGRERS WHICH WAS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH.

THIRTY-FIVE INCIDENTS OF FLOODING WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE TORRENTIAL RAIN. IN ADDITION, A FOUR-METRE HIGH WALL IN CHEUNG SHA WAN COLLAPSED, DAMAGING A LIGHT TRUCK AND A CAR.

WITH THE TROUGH REMAINING ALMOST STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, THE WEATHER CONTINUED ΤΟ BE CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND 190LATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON JULY 30 AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WEAKENED. OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF BRIEF SHOWERS, THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE ON JULY 31.

DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

THE FIRST ONE WAS TYPHOON WARREN. THE SECOND WAS TROPICAL STORM AGNES WHICH FORMED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 1,810 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF TOKYO ON JULY 29, IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARDS AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR INITIALLY.

AGNES INTENSIFIED ΤΟ A TROPICAL STORM AND ACCELERATED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS TO A SPEED OF ABOUT 34 KILOMETRES PER HOUR THAT EVENING. IT PASSED ABOUT 460 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO ON JULY AND BECAME EXTRATROPICAL SOON AFTER.

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DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, TWO AIRCRAFT WERK DIVERTED DUE ΤΟ ADVERSE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH TYPHOON WARREN.

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29 AND 30.

FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 19, 20 AND WARNING WAS IN EFFECT BETWEEN JULY 19 AND 20.

27. A LANDSLIP

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