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There are approximately thirteen nationally recognized public holidays in Ghana, a sub-Saharan country in Africa. The primary National holiday is Independence Day, which is on 6 March. It is a National Day and is set to honor the memory of Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. [1] This is a list of public holidays in Ghana.
As Tropical Storm Nalgae tracked closer to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory issued its third highest strong wind warning (Signal No. 8) on November 3. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] This is the first time that the warning signal was raised to this level in November in 50 years since Pamela 1972. [ 26 ]
Tropical cyclones formed in January 2022 Storm name Dates active Max wind km/h (mph) Pressure (hPa) Areas affected Damage Deaths Ref(s) Cody: January 5–13 130 (80) 971 Fiji: $25 million 1 [14] Tiffany: January 8–17 100 (65) 988 Queensland, Northern Territory: $36,000 None [15] Humberto: January 12–14 100 (65) 1000 None None None 11U ...
The Pearl River Delta uses a variety of warning systems to inform the public regarding the risks of tropical cyclones to the area. The Hong Kong Observatory issues typhoon signals to indicate the existence and effects of a tropical cyclone on Hong Kong. The first numeric warning system was used in 1917.
The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale is a classification used for some Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones. 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.
1980 — threatened Hong Kong, and made landfall in Hainan and later in mainland China; also known as Herbert beyond the PAR. 1984 — a strong tropical storm made landfall east-northeast of Hong Kong as a tropical depression; also known as Gerald beyond the PAR. 1988 — struck the Philippines and China during July; also known as Warren beyond ...
2022–23 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Tropical cyclones in 2022" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
The season's first storm, Moderate Tropical Storm Ana, formed as a zone of disturbed weather on 20 January 2022, marking the latest first system in a Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season ever. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The second, and strongest storm of the season, Cyclone Batsirai , formed on 24 January, and became a long-lived and powerful storm.