SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1990
ON MAY 2, 104.8 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. EVER RECORDED FOR MAY. THIS AMOUNT WAS THE HIGHEST HOURLY RAINFALL THE HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND LANDSLIPS OVER
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RAIL BRINGING SEVERE TERRITORY, TRANSPORT. A MAN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE DROWNED.
DISRUPTIONS
RAINFALL
THE
ROAD,
AND AIR KILLED BY LIGHTNING
OF 322.8 MILLIMETRES ON THE DAILY TOTAL ASSOCIATED WITH TYPHOON BRENDA, WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST DAILY ON RECORD FOR MAY.
AND
MAY
20, RAINFALL
DURING THE PASSAGE OF
KILLED, ONE HOMELESS.
WAS
IN
REPORTED ADDITION,
A BRENDA,
TOTAL OF SIX PEOPLE WERE 62 WERE INJURED AND 50 MADE MISSING,
RAIN
BRENDA WITH TORRENTIAL
ASSOCIATED
RESULTED IN 100 CASES OF LANDSLIPS AND 118 OF FLOODING.
WERE DIVERTED, DELAYED AT THE AIRPORT, MORE THAN 100 FLIGHTS OR CANCELLED. BUS, TRAM AND FERRY SERVICES WERE SUSPENDED.
THE
MONTH, JUNE
RAINFALL
WAS
WAS
THIS WAS
THE
WAS
IN SHARP CONTRAST WITH
PREVIOUS EXCEPTIONALLY DRY. ONLY A TOTAL OF 137.5 MILLIMETRES OF RECORDED AGAINST A NORMAL AMOUNT OF 431.8 MILLIMETRES.
SIGNAL NO. 3 EIGHTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE. THE STRONG WIND HOISTED DURING THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON DOT FROM JUNE 9 TO 10.
ALTHOUGH TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES AFFECTED HONG KONG IN JULY,
237.9 MILLIMETRES, EQUIVALENT MONTHLY RAINFALL, AMOUNTED TO ONLY ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE NORMAL FIGURE OF 316.8 MILLIMETRES.
THE
TO
NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON GORDON THE NO. 8 GALE OR STORM SIGNAL BETWEEN JULY 17 AND 18.
HIGH TIDES
OCCURRED AND AT PING
THE TYPHOON BROUGHT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ABNORMALLY
IN THE OUTLYING ISLANDS TO THE TERRITORY, CAUSING FLOODING, MOSTLY
CASES AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE MORE SEVERE IN TAI O WHERE WATER LEVEL ROSE BY MORE THAN ONE METRE, HA ROAD IN YUEN LONG.
IN
HER FLOODED SQUATTER HUT AN OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN TAI O. IN THE SAME VILLAGE, NINE SENIOR RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
DURING THE PASSAGE OF GORDON, SERVICES OF LOCAL FERRIES, AND TRAMS, AND FERRY SERVICES TO CHINA AND MACAU, WERE SUSPENDED.
BUSES
19 DIVERTED AND 13
AT THE AIRPORT, 40 FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED,
CANCELLED.
HONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS
THE TROUGH CAUSED A DROP IN KONG ON JULY 29. THE COOL AIR BEHIND TEMPERATURE THE NEXT MORNING TO 21.7 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE REGISTERED IN HONG KONG SINCE RECORD-KEEPING BEGAN.
JULY
RECORD
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE AUGUST WAS WARMER AND URIER THAN USUAL. FOR THE MONTH OF 28.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON FOR AUGUST.
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