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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1991

THE HOWEVER, AS ANOTHER TROPICAL CYCLONE BRENDAN VENTURED INTO

AND RAIN SOON CLOUD SEA, SOUTH CHINA OF THE NORTHEASTERN PART RETURNED ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 23.

PEARL RIVER ESTUARY,

AND THE TEMPERATURE

WITH BRENDAN MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE LOCAL WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER THAT EVENING DROPPED TO 24.5 DEGREES, THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.

NIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS AND DRIVING RAIN SWEPT ACROSS

THE TERRITORY THAT

OF DURING THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF BRENDAN IN THE EARLY MORNING

HOUR AND GUSTS OF JULY 24, HOURLY MEAN WINDS OF 100 KILOMETRES PER 150 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE RECORDED OFFSHORE.

LATER

AS THAT MORNING

BRENDAN BRCAMB LESS FREQUENT

THE GALES GRADUALLY SUBSIDED STARTED TO MOVE AWAY. THE SQUALLY SHOWERS ALSO BY THE END OF THE DAY.

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AFTER TWO DAYS OF GENERALLY FINE CONDITIONS ON JULY 25 AND

AND OCCASIONAL THE WEATHER TURNED INTO A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE, CLOUD, BRIEF SHOWERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER WERE MOST PERSISTED TILL THE

FRESHENING SOUTHWEST MONSOON SET IN ON JULY 29 AND THE BECAME SHOWERY UNDER A CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKY, THE SHOWERS RAMPANT IN THE MORNING AND THE UNSETTLED WEATHER END OF THE MONTH.

SEVERE RAINBANDS AND WIDESPREAD SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS THE TERRITORY IN THE EALRY HOURS OF JULY 31.

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AFFECTED

OF THE

THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOUR TOOK PLACE OVER THE WESTERN PART NEW TERRITORIES WHERE OVER 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED.

AREA LONG

EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE YUEN FLOOD WATER IN SEVERAL VILLAGES EXCEEDED ONE METRE IN DEPTH.

WHERE

THE

THERE WERE FOUR AIRCRAFT DIVERSIONS DUE

DROWNED LIVESTOCK, IN ADDITION TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND IN INUNDATED FISH PONDS AND VEGETATED FARMLAND WERE ALSO BIG.

ΤΟ INCLEMENT

LOSSES

WEATHER

IN JULY.

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON 3 25, 29, 30, AND 31 JULY. A FLOOD WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON JULY 31.

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