Since its early days, Hong Kong has been hit by rainstorms that caused severe damages. In this timeline events with extraordinary rainfall are listed that were not in connection with typhoons.
Events on this timeline:
Year | Details |
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1889 | 1889 Rainstorm Total Rainfall: 33".11 = 840 mm (in two days) with maximum hourly rainfall of 3.35" = 85 mm. Dozens of landslides occurred, the severest damages were at the Albany Nullah and the Glenealy… read more |
1926 | 1926 Rainstorm Total rainfall: 534.1mm, with maximum rainfalls of 100.7mm in 1-hour, 430.6mm in 6-hours, and 526.7mm in 12-hours. Related pages on Gwulo: |
1966 | 1966 Rainstorm Total rainfall: 495 mm Deaths: 64 Source: http://www.hko.gov.hk/publica/gen_pub/WeatheringTheStorm-2.pdf… read more |