1966

HOng KONG
Rainstorms and Floods
The 1966 rainstorms were a
series of many rainstorms
spanning over 3 days from
the 11th to the 13th of June in
1966. It was one of the most
deadliest rainstorms Hong
Kong has ever seen.

What are rainstorms? 495 3 11-13

Mm days June
Rainstorms are a natural
Comparison of hourly rainfall in
hazard where it rains heavily selected years

100.7
26
19

85
47
19

108.2
66
Year
19

109.2
92

What are Floods?

19

115.1
06
20

145.5
Floods are a natural
08
20

hazard where an overflow

0

15

30

45

60

75

90

10

12

13

15
5

of water submerges land Rainfall

Despite a few years having a higher

hourly rainfall than 1966, 1966 still
had an extremely high damage
impact and a higher overall rainfall.

casualties effects
Amount of people affected
Injuried
29 7000+
Amount of landslides within
the rst 24 hours
Dead
64 Injuried Almost 80
Missing
Dead

Missing
48 Amount of vehicles
submerged in tonnes of debris
50+
Measures Percentage of paddy elds in
Tai Po ooded
Helicopters were used for
transporting food and police
95%

Affected people were given

emergency shelters and homes

Price of food
Nowadays, the government spends Rose
over 10 billion dollars on ood
Communications to rural areas
prevention using pumps and river
were
Cut

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