Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937
- Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937
Infobox Hurricane
Name=Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937
Type=Typhoon
Year=1937
Basin=
Image location=
Formed=September 2, 1937
Dissipated=September 2, 1937
1-min winds=108
Pressure=958.3
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Inflated=
Fatalities=11,000 dead
Areas=Hong Kong
Hurricane season=Unnamed typhoonsThe Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937 was an unnamed typhoon in Hong Kong. It was one of the worst typhoons in Hong Kong history killing 11,000 people. [Strzepek, Kenneth M., Smith, Joel B. [1995] (1995). As Climate Changes: International Impacts and Implications. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521467969.]
History
Hong Kong harbor at the time was the seventh busiest in the world. It was always alive with yachts, junks, ferries, sampans, freighters, liners, men-of-war. The typhoon wind was so strong that observatory instruments capable of registering winds up to 125 mph broke down. ["Time" magazine. " [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,770853,00.html Time magazine 1937 account] ." "Hong Kong Typhoon: Monday, Sep. 13, 1937." Retrieved on 2007-12-19.] Hong Kong Observatory have since recorded the wind with a mean wind average of 59 knots, 68 mph, 109 km/h. The maximum gust was at 130 knots, 149 mph, 240 km/h.[HK weather gov. " [http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/no10/wanda/wanda.htm Typhoon Wanda August 27 to September 2, 1962] ." "Typhoon Wanda and other winds." Retrieved on 2007-12-19.] The piston of the anemometer hit the stops at convert|130|kn|km/h and the true maximum gust could not be recorded.]Other notable typhoons in Hong Kong
*Unnamed typhoon in the (1870s) (2,000 people lost their lives in 6 hours.[Wiltshire, Trea. [First published 1987] (republished & reduced 2003). Old Hong Kong - Volume One. Central, Hong Kong: Text Form Asia books Ltd. ISBN Volume One 962-7283-59-2] ][Stanford, David. [2006] (2006). Roses in December. Lulu press. ISBN 1847539661] ]
*Wanda (1962)
*Ruby (1964)
*Rose (1971)
*Maggie, Sam, York and Cam (1999)References
ee also
*Climate of Hong Kong
*Ecology of Hong Kong
*List of tropical cyclones
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