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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 ...
In Hong Kong, the HKO raised the Standby Signal number 1 at 10.20 PM on November 11 [48] followed by a Signal 3 at 2.40 PM on November 13 [49] then a Signal 8 at 11.10 PM that same day lasting until 10.20 AM on November 14, [50] the latest calendar date for a Signal 8 issuance ever on record, [51] beating Typhoon Pamela in 1972. [52]
1937 Hong Kong typhoon – the deadliest typhoon to hit Hong Kong; had a comparable track and hit the city at around the same time of the year. Typhoon Hope (Ising; 1979) – a similarly intense typhoon which had a relatively analogous trajectory. Typhoon Ellen (Herming; 1983) – a destructive typhoon that devastated Hong Kong.
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 ...
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It was the first time the warning was issued in two years. [8] According to the HKO, between 11:00 p.m. of 7 September and 12:00 a.m, of 8 September, the HKO headquarters recorded 158.1 millimetres (6.22 in) mm of rainfall within one hour, the highest hourly rainfall rate ever in Hong Kong since records began in 1884. [9]
The combinations of the effects of Rita and the monsoon were forecast to cause strong winds in Hong Kong overnight. The Strong Wind Signal, No. 3, was hoisted at 4:30 PM although Rita was still situated 390 mi (630 km) south-southwest of Hong Kong and was moving west-northwest at 8 knots (9.2 mph) towards Hainan.
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 ...