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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 ...
As damage was so severe in Hong Kong, there were little reports of impact elsewhere, although the storm did move across portions of southern China. [ 1 ] The typhoon Wanda is routed in Hong Kong near Cheung Chau , most parts of Hong Kong was in the right side of it, so the strong wind blew the wave into Tolo Harbour made the sea level rose ...
Lamma Winds began operating on 23 February 2006, and was the first commercial-scale wind turbine in Hong Kong. The wind turbine is a Nordex N50/800 kW model with a rotor diameter of 50 metres (160 ft), a nameplate capacity of 800 kilowatts (1,100 hp) [4] and a capacity factor of about 13% [5] which delivers an average output of around 100 kilowatts (130 hp).
Storm clouds and rain passed over Hong Kong on Wednesday, July 31, as Tropical Cyclone Wipha hit the city.The Hong Kong Observatory, the government’s meteorological agency, released the city’s ...
On September 14, the Hong Kong Government held a rare cross-department press conference over the preparation for Mangkhut, reminding Hong Kong citizens to "prepare for the worst". That night, the Hong Kong Observatory issued the Standby Signal No. 1 when Mangkhut was 1,110 kilometres (600 nmi) away from Hong Kong, the farthest distance on record.
Hong Kong was hit by super-typhoons in 2017 and 2018, causing widespread damage from flooding and the impact of heavy wind, such as trees being toppled. _____
Weather Underground of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港地下天文台; pinyin: xiānggǎng dìxià tiānwéntái) is a non-profit website established in 1995 and directed by Clarence Fong Chi-kong. The website provides a wide range of information related to weather and climate .
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.