Forecasters Benefit from Flights into Typhoons
As well as computer models and weather station info, the Hong Kong Observatory is uses flights to gather data from within tropical cyclones.
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Free tag tropical cyclone
Typhoon Vicente hurricane force winds blast Hong Kong
Severe Typhoon Vicente slammed Hong Kong on 23 and 24 July 2012, with hurricane force winds blasting places including Cheung Chau. It was a surprising storm, as even a couple of days earlier it was a large but rather shapeless…
Severe Tropical Storm Pabuk
Severe Tropical Storm Pabuk looked set to have passed Hong Kong, barely causing an impact other than a pulse of thunderstorms, some rain. Headed towards Hainan, and forecast to dwindle to nothingness. But, it stopped, strengthened again, and turned around…
HK Number 8 Signal
Hong Kong's Number 8 tropical cyclone warning can be controversial.
Hong Kong Typhoons including Calamitous Storm Surges
Typhoons have sometimes caused massive damage and loss of life in Hong Kong. Just months after British sovereignty over Hong Kong Island was first declared in 1841, “a violent typhoon flattened all the insubstantial housing and damaged shipping.” (Endacott, A…
Hong Kong tropical cyclones
Hong Kong can be impacted by tropical cyclones including and typhoons. Happily, typhoons are scarce near Hong Kong, and rarely score direct hits (13 from 1946 to now) – but can be spectacular and deadly when they do impact the…