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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992

FLOODS, LANDSLIPS AND TOPPLED TREES WERE REPORTED OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY BETWEEN APRIL 5 AND 7.

ON APRIL 6, THE RESIDENTS OF A BUILDING IN HAPPY VALLEY NEAR A SCENE OF LANDSLIDE HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A RAIN BAND AND THE MODERATION OF THE WINDS, RAIN BECAME LESS FREQUENT ON APRIL 9 AND A LITTLE SUNSHINE MANAGED TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING.

HOWEVER, RAINSTORM RETURNED THE NEXT DAY WITH EVEN GREATER RAINFALL INTENSITY. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WAS RECORDED DURING THE EVENING AND MORE THAN 45 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM THAT NIGHT.

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THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSED ADDITIONAL MUDSLIPS AND FLOODS HONG KONG, SOME RESIDENTS IN MOUNT DAVIS AND RENNIE'S HILL EVACUATED AS A RESULT AND A HUT IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLEN BOULDER.

IN THE SMALL HOURS OF APRIL 11, THE COLLAPSE OF A RETAINING WALL AT TSIM SHA TSUI BLOCKED THE WAY LEADING TO ESCOLA CAMOES PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

THEN FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE, A NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM ARRIVED IN HONG KONG DURING THE DAY, PUTTING AN END TO THE RAIN SPELL.

IT REMAINED CLOUDY ON APRIL 12 AND 13. AS THE NORTHEAST MONSOON MODERATED, COASTAL MIST RETURNED ON APRIL 13.

HOWEVER, CLOUDS THINNED AND THERE WERE SOME BRIGHT PERIODS THE NEXT DAY. WITH FURTHER DISPERSION OF CLOUDS, HONG KONG ENJOYED TWO FINE AND WARM DAYS ON APRIL 15 AND 16.

THE EASTER HOLIDAYS BEGAN WITH INCREASING CLOUD AMOUNT APRIL 17. ON APRIL 18 AND 19, MIST THICKENED AND RAIN SET IN AS EASTERLIES GAVE WAY TO A WARMER MARITIME AIRFLOW.

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A TAIWANESE CARGO SHIP AND A LIGHTER COLLIDED NEAR TSING YI ISLAND ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 19, BEFORE THE WEATHER TURNED FINE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER, IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, SUCCESSIVE OUTBREAKS OF COOL EASTERLIES ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA BROUGHT CLOUDY WEATHER AND LIGHT RAIN TO HONG KONG,

AS THE ANTICYCLONE OVER EAST CHINA WEAKENED, THE EASTERLIES AFFECTING THE TERRITORY MODERATED AND THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FINE AND WARM APART FROM PATCHES OF FOG AND DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING FROM APRIL 24 TO 26.

WITH PROLONGED SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE RISE THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH AS A SOUTH ΤΟ SOUTHWESTERLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA TEMPERATURE OF 29.6 DEGREES RECORDED ON APRIL HIGHEST IN THE MONTH.

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DURING AIRFLOW MAXIMUM WAS THE

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