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SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER ON JUNE 11 AS EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN CLOUDS OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG.
OVER 140 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN WERE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING AN AFTERNOON OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOUR OCCURRED IN SHA TIN WITH OVER 270 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED. THE DELUGE RESULTED IN 175 CASES OF FLOODS AND 24 LANDSLIPS.
RAIN CEASED ON JUNE 12 GIVING WAY TO A SUNNY AND HOT DAY, THE ONLY DAY IN JUNE WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL. SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS PREVAILED OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED AGAIN ON JUNE 16. INTENSE CONVECTIVE STORM CELLS DEVELOPED NEAR HONG KONG RESULTING IN THUNDERY AND HEAVY RAIN LASTING FROM MORNING TILL AFTERNOON. THE WORST HIT AREAS WERE SAI KUNG AND TSUEN WAN.
UP ΤΟ 280 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE TERRITORY BEFORE EASING OFF ON JUNE 17.
THERE WERE 268 CASES OF FLOODING AND OVER 56 CASES OF LANDSLIPS REPORTED OVER THE 2-DAY PERIOD. A WOMAN WAS KILLED AND FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED IN A MUDSLIP IN TSUEN WAN ON JUNE 16.
ABOUT 67 HECTARES OF FARMLAND AND 14 FISH PONDS WERE DAMAGED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY ON JUNE 18 BEFORE BECOMING FINE THE NEXT DAY.
A SPELL OF HOT SUMMER DAYS WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THEN PERSISTED TILL JUNE 26.
THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON JUNE 22 WHEN TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO A MAXIMUM OF 33 DEGREES.
MEANWHILE, TYPHOON KORYN SWEPT ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES AND MOVED STEADILY INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON JUNE 26.
LOCAL WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY THE NEXT DAY AS KORYN CAME CLOSER. WINDY CONDITIONS AFFECTED HONG KONG AS GALE TO STORM FORCE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS VEERED TO SOUTHEASTERLY IN THE EVENING.
KORYN MADE LANDFALL OVER WESTERN GUANGDONG ON THE NIGHT OF
JUNE 27 AND DISSIPATED RAPIDLY OVER LAND.
THE WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND BECAME MAINLY FINE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
TYPHOON KORYN WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
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