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Hong Kong has similar official five-level definition warning signals, which use descriptions of winds taken from the Beaufort Scale. The Hong Kong levels, however, do not correspond to the Beaufort Scale, which has 12 levels. The lowest level of the Hong Kong system No. 1 does not correspond to any wind strength. Instead, it is an alert based ...
Typhoon Dot (known as Typhoon Enang in the Philippines) [1] was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfalls on Luzon and near Hong Kong in October 1964. It was the fifth typhoon to impact Hong Kong during the active 1964 Pacific typhoon season, and prompted the issuance of the No. 10 typhoon signal from the Royal Observatory in Hong Kong—the highest warning possible.
The Royal Observatory Hong Kong gave less than a thirty-minute warning of the typhoon, in which time it was already close to Hong Kong waters. A black drum (an official warning to be issued for tropical cyclones from Hong Kong Observatory since 1884) was hoisted at 8:40 am, before the typhoon gun was fired for its harbour warning. By 9:00 am ...
For the first time in five years, since Typhoon Vicente in 2012, the Hong Kong Observatory issued the Hurricane Signal, No.10, which is the highest level of tropical cyclone warning signals in Hong Kong. [35] Owing to the typhoon, the Hong Kong Observatory recorded a record-breaking temperature of 36.6 °C (97.9 °F). [36]
China issued its highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Super Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and ...
In Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory raised typhoon signal 1 at 12.40pm on November 8, and Signal 3 on November 9 at 3.40pm. [57] [58] The cross harbour swimming race in Victoria Harbour scheduled for November 10 was cancelled. [59] In Macau, typhoon signal 1 was raised on November 8 on 11am followed by Signal 3 on November 9 at 11pm. [60]
Hong Kong shut down schools and some businesses after authorities raised the third-highest typhoon warning for Tropical Storm Toraji which passed about 150km south of the city.. Toraji is expected ...
The most affected areas will include major cities such as Hong Kong and Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. Hong Kong was hit by super-typhoons in 2017 and 2018, causing widespread damage from flooding ...