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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1989

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PRESSURE,

THE PERIOD

OWING TO THE APPROACH OF AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS AFFECTED HONG KONG DURING FROM JUNE 23 TO 27. CONSEQUENTLY, 25 RESIDENTS IN SHAU KEI WAN HAD BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HUTS

TO SUBSIDENCE OF THE GROUND

JUNE 24.

DUE

THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO.1 WAS AGAIN HOISTED FROM JUNE 28 TO DUE TO THE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM VANESSA.

TO

ON

29

ANTECEDENT RAIN AND HEAVY SHOWERS ON JUNE 30 CAUSED A MINOR LANDSLIP IN KWAI CHUNG WHERE 27 RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

YEAR JULY WAS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE

WITH MONTHLY RAINFALL OF THE RAINFALL SLIGHTY ABOVE NORMAL. MOST

DURING THE MONTH WAS REQUIRED THE ATTRIBUTABLE TO TYPHOON WARREN WHICH

HOISTING OF THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR.

300

THE ROYAL FELL IN

ALMOST 250 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT

OVER OBSERVATORY DURING JULY 19 TO 20 AND

MILLIMETRES P'ART'S OF THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES WHERE SEVERE FLOODING OCCURRED. A TOTAL OF 270 HECTARES OF

LAND WAS AGRICULTURAL FLOODED. SIXTY-FIVE TONNES OF FRESH-WATER FISH AND A LARGE AMOUNT LIVESTOCK WERE LOST.

THE HEAVY RAIN ALSO RESULTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH, NORMAL. ALL RAIN DURING THE MONTH COULD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTH ACTIVE SOUTHWEST MONSOON.

AT LANDSLIPS

OF

VARIOUS

ABOVE RAINFALL IN AUGUST WAS BE ATTRIBUTED EITHER то A CHINA COASTAL AREAS OR TO AN

NONE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH

A TROPICAL

SECOND AUGUST SINCE 1950 IN WHICH NO TROPICAL THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WAS THE

THIS CYCLONE.

CYCLONE OCCURRED OVER

A WATERSPOUT

ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS

OCCURRED ON AUGUST 16. SOME MINOR DAMAGE

OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AP LEI CHAU AT AROUND NOON THE WATERSPOUT MOVED OVER LAND BRIEFLY AND CAUSED BEFORE IT DISSIPATED.

FLOODING ALSO

OCCURRED IN

VARIOUS PARTS

THE

OF THE TERRITORY WEATHER WAS ALSO

DURING THE RAIN EPISODES ON AUGUST 14 AND 18. RAINY ON AUGUST 30 TO 31.

IN SEPTEMBER

3,

IT DID

ALTHOUGH TYPHOON KIT POSED A THREAT TO HONG KONG AND NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. NOT BRING ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN.

THE RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 109.9 MILLIMETRES RECORDED IN WAS 66 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 320.4 MILLIMETRES.

SEPTEMBER

OVER THE

WESTERN NORTH

PACIFIC

AND THE

SEA, CHINA SOUTH DURING THE MONTH. SINCE AS MANY AS EIGHT TROPICAL

TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS VERY INTENSE 1946, THIS WAS THE FIFTH SEPTEMBER WHEN CYCLONES FORMED IN THE REGION.

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