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USS_Regulus_(AF-57)_aground_in_Hong_Kong,_in_1971

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 20:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971

Source: By United States Navy - U.S. Navy photo in: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publication Mariners Weather Log Vol. 42, No. 3, December 1998, p. 1., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1702086

A "before" photo is shown here.

Wing Lok Wharf after Typhoon Rose 1971

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 20:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971

Wing Lok Wharf is left severely damaged by Typhoon Rose.

From the SCMP publication "In the eye of the storm - Typhoons in Hong Kong"

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

Old Peak Rd behind No 22 after Typhoon Rose (I think)

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-04-01 18:23
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

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