Hello Jay,
Well, you didn't dodge a bullet last night, you dodged a torpedo! Literally, at the very last minute, Typhoon Dujuan veered slightly north of its westward track and crossed over a part of Guangdong province, the worst of the storm missing Hong Kong. Dujuan is now west of Hong Kong, in the Pearl River Estuary.
In all typhoons, the northeast quadrant is almost always the worst part of the storm, with the highest winds and the highest storm surge. As the eyewall of the storm passed by (well) to your north, Hong Kong felt only the southwest and southeast quadrants of the storm, generally the weakest quadrants. Even so, Hong Kong was briefly under Flag #9 conditions.
It is now somewhere near 3:00am in Hong Kong. Many parts of Hong Kong remain without electricity due to downed power lines. Your winds reached only to 95 mph in the highest of gusts. Guangdong province to the north had far worse. For Hong Kong, the worst is over and clean-up begins. So far, there are no reported deaths or injuries in Hong Kong. Wind damage is widespread, and flooding is mostly limited to low-lying areas that are prone to flooding, and shoreline areas.
I presume that you are finally getting some sleep after a scary near miss. I look forward to a first hand account of the storm when you wake up, presuming you still have electricity.
KJC |
