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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.
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 ...
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 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 ...
Although Nina was rapidly weakening over the South China Sea, the storm brought 4.7 mm (0.19 in) of rain to Hong Kong, [37] prompting a tropical cyclone signal for nearby Macau. [38] Temperatures at the Hong Kong Observatory fell to 9.9 °C, and wind speed was recorded at 53 mph (85 km/h) at Waglan Island. [39] [40]
Hong Kong's stock market will remain open unless the highest "black" signal is issued. The heavy rain comes as the city is still repairing damage caused by torrential rain linked to typhoon Haikui ...