History
Hong Kong harbor at the time was the seventh busiest in the world. It was always alive with yachts, junks, ferries, sampans, freighters, liners, men-of-war. The typhoon wind was so strong that observatory instruments capable of registering winds up to 125 mph broke down. Hong Kong Observatory have since recorded the wind with a mean wind average of 59 knots, 68 mph, 109 km/h. The maximum gust was at 130 knots, 149 mph, 240 km/h. The piston of the anemometer hit the stops at 130 knots (240 km/h) and the true maximum gust could not be recorded.
Read more about this topic: Great Hong Kong Typhoon Of 1937
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