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Tregunter Path Between Branksome Towers and Tavistock after Typhoon Rose (I think)

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 18:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971
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1971 typhoon

Flying Dragon after Typhoon Rose

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 18:26

Text on Flickr:

This ship came ashore during Typhoon Rose causing a blackout on the island when she came across our cable from the English Electric Co.at Sham Shui Po.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971
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1971 typhoon

1971 Typhoon Rose

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 18:02

Max wind speed: 121 knots (225 km/h)
Maximum hourly wind speed: 53 knots (95 km/h)
​Deaths: 110
Injured: 286

1957 Typhoon HK

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-03-31 20:52

I've attributed this to Typhoon Gloria, could also be Typhoon Wendy (no details given on Flickr).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957
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1957 typhoon

1906_Hong_Kong_Typhoon_Blake_Pier

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-02-11 02:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906

From Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Matshed roof blown away.

The monument to the men of Fronde

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-02-11 00:33

Text on Flickr:

The monument to the men of Fronde, erected at the junction of Jordan Road and Gascoigne Road in 1920s, commemorates five brave Frenchmen on board the torpedo boat, Fronde, who had given their lives to save civilians in a typhoon on 18th September, 1906. The last one erected in March 1969.

Note: the monument was alreday erected in 1908.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906
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Sham Shui Po 1927

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-12-29 23:51

Text on Flickr:

After the Typhoon,Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, 1927

Part of: Northamptonshire Regiment Collection

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1927
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