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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1994

AT TA 1 MO SHAN WHERE THE RAIN WAS HEAVIEST, MORE THAN 750 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED.

DURING THE RAINSTORM, ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND 17 OTHERS

INJURED.

THREE

HUNDRED

HECTARES OF FARMLAND AND 150 HECTARES OF FISH PONDS WERE FLOODED. FOUR OLD HOUSES IN YUEN LONG COLLAPSED. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY WAS CUT OFF IN PARTS OF TAI PO, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN

LONG.

FOUR THOUSAND FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED. THE RAIN STOPPED FOR BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE NIGHT.

OVER

TORRENTIAL RAIN FELL AGAIN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM ON JULY 23 AND 100 MILLIMETRES WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE URBAN AREAS NECESSITATING THE ISSUANCE OF THE RAINSTORM RED WARNING FOLLOWED BY THE RAINSTORM BLACK WARNING.

RAIN BECAME LESS INTENSE DURING THE DAY. AMONG THE MANY REPORTED INCIDENTS, THE MOST DISASTROUS ONE WAS THE COLLAPSE OF A RETAINING WALL AT THE KWUN LUNG LAU ESTATE BUILDING IN KENNEDY TOWN WHERE FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED, AND 2,000 FAMILIES HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT JULY 24 AND OVER 100 MILLIMETRES WERE ADDED TO THE TALLY CAUSING MORE FLOODING AND LANDSLIP INCIDENTS.

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE STILL PERIODS OF RAIN ON JULY 25, BOTH THE INTENSITY AND TOTAL AMOUNT WERE LESS THAN THE THREE PREVIOUS DAYS.

AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED SOUTH GRADUALLY INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, RAIN BEGAN TO EASE OFF ON JULY 26. APART FROM SOME HEAVY SHOWERS ON JULY 28, A MAINLY FINE SPELL LASTED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONth.

THERE WERE NINE TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN JULY 1994.

TWENTY AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF

INCLEMENT WEATHER.

DETAILS ON THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNING/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

ARE

/TABLE 1.1