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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990

GENERALLY FINE WEATHER THEN PREVAILED TILL SEPTEMBER 7. APART FROM AN OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 6.

A WORKER WAS KILLED AND HIS TWO COLLEAGUES WERE INJURED AFTER THEY WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE WORKING ON A HILLTOP SITE IN SHAU KEI WAN.

TYPHOON DOT SWEPT PAST TAIWAN ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND MOVED INTO OF SOUTHERN CHINA THE FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE DEGENERATING INTO A TROUGH LOW PRESSURE.

THE TYPHOON AND ITS REMNANT BROUGHT SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.

TORRENTIAL RAIN ΤΟ THE

RAINFALL IN HONG KONG EXCEEDED 230 MILLIMETRES OVER THE FIVE-DAY PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 8 TO 12.

THE RAIN WAS HEAVIEST ON SEPTEMBER 10 WHEN OVER 100 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED. THE DOWNPOUR, ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES, TRIGGERED OFF FLOODING AND LANDSLIP OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY,

AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE MOST AFFECTED. ABOUT 100 THE SCHOOL-CHILDREN WERE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATER IN TA KWU LING, WHILE FLOODING OF FISH PONDS IN KAM TIN RESULTED IN

ESTIMATED LOSS OF OVER HK$100,000.

AN

AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WAS ALSO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

ATTRIBUTED то THE

THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 13 APART CONDITION PREVAILED IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS SHOWERS ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 15.

AND GENERALLY FINE FROM SOME ISOLATED

FROM THE

SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS BLEW DOWN SOME SCAFFOLDINGS IN NORTH POINT. WINDS FRESHENED

THE EAST IN EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 15 AS TYPHOON ED MOVED INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

A MAN WAS RESCUED FROM THE SEA OFF CHAI WAN AFTER HIS RUBBER BOAT WAS OVERTURNED BY BLUSTERY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ON SEPTEMBER 16.

THE

ON STAYED DESPITE THE WINDY CONDITION, THE WEATHER

FINE

SOUTH SIDE WHILE ED PASSED BY TO THE

OF HONG KONG. THE WEATHER

ED

ΤΟ TURNED

A FINALLY DETERIORATED ON SEPTEMBER 19 WHEN

MORE

TRACK TOWARDS

AND NORTHERN VIETNAM NORTHWESTWARD

ONE OF THE ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.

THE RAIN PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL TO THE TERRITORY.

AND

BROUGHT NEARLY

100

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO REPORTED DURING THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FELL TO 23.9 DEGREES, THE

OF THE MONTH. THE DELUGE CAUSED MINOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS OVER THE TERRITORY.

FLOODING AND

TRAFFIC

/THE RAIN

AND THE LOWEST JAM AT

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