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  2. 2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. International Date Line - Wikipedia

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    The International Date Line (IDL) is the line between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and deviating to pass around some territories and island groups. Crossing the date line eastbound decreases the date by ...

  4. Typhoon Haikui (2023) - Wikipedia

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    Typhoon Haikui (Hanna) Typhoon Haikui, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Hanna, was the first major storm to hit Taiwan since Megi in 2016 and the first typhoon to do so since Nesat in 2017. It also caused serious rainfall in Hong Kong, making it the wettest tropical cyclone to affect the region. Haikui means sea anemone in Chinese.

  5. Philippine Standard Time - Wikipedia

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    Philippine Standard Time (PST[1][2] or PhST; [3][4] Filipino: Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), [citation needed] is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses a single time zone, at an offset of UTC+08:00, but has used daylight saving time for brief periods in the 20th ...

  6. This photographer uncovers Hong Kong’s creatures of the night

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    The wildlife photographer embarks on night safaris to seek out Hong Kong’s nocturnal animals. ... 2023 at 4:43 AM ... Hylton says all someone needs to get started as a night-time wildlife ...

  7. Anywhere on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Anywhere on Earth. World map of time zones, with the UTC−12 time zone highlighted. Anywhere on Earth (AoE) is a calendar designation that indicates that a period expires when the date passes everywhere on Earth. It is a practice to help specify deadlines such as "March 16, 2004, End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE)" [1] without requiring ...

  8. Google Street View coverage - Wikipedia

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    Google Street View coverage. The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver ...

  9. Globe at Night - Wikipedia

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    Globe at Night is an international scientific research program that crowdsources measurements of light pollution in the night sky. At set time periods within each year, the project asks people to count the number of stars that they can see from their location and report it to the project's website. The coordinating researchers compile this ...