Sunday, 20 July 2025

Super Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong

Knocked down our 22-yo Traveller Palms
Jogging by the Cultural Centre in Kowloon
Yikes
A number of trees also down in our Discovery Bay

Typhoon Wipha. Thai name meaning “splendour” or “radiance”. 

A rare T10 typhoon (most get up to T8 only), with a direct hit on Hong Kong. 

South China Morning Post coverage. Internet archive: Wayback machine

See my earlier posts on Typhoons in Hong Kong. Includes discussion of the effects on Climate change on the severity of typhoons in Asia and Hong Kong.