Everything tagged: 1936 typhoon

Max wind speed: 115 km/h , gusts 210 km/h

Deaths: 20

Injured: 179

Vessels damaged or destroyed

Ocean going: 22

Fishing boats: about 40

Some buildings in Jardine’s Bazaar in Causeway Bay and Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok were destroyed, as were Shing Mun Hospital, Lai Chi Kok Prison and Tsuen Wan Police Station. Two-, three- or four-storey buildings, western-style houses, scaffolding factories, temporary shelters and stone huts were also damaged.