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    Quote Originally Posted by Coolboy:
    That's because of HK's hilly terrain and tall buildings provide ample shelter from the wind. The typhoon wind isn't actually any weaker.
    To some extent, until you start building by the mountain side and create a wind tunnel which makes things worse. I'm looking at you Caribbean coast!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Plutark:
    To some extent, until you start building by the mountain side and create a wind tunnel which makes things worse. I'm looking at you Caribbean coast!
    Speaking of the wind tunnel effect, this is a classic clip of that when Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong:

    https://www.facebook.com/hktwhktw/vi...1963650660613/

    Some recording of the damage from Mangkhut more generally:





    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UInhSDz8pRY
    Last edited by Coolboy; 19-02-2022 at 09:54 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coolboy:
    Speaking of the wind tunnel effect, this is a classic clip of that when Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong:

    https://www.facebook.com/hktwhktw/vi...1963650660613/

    Some recording of the damage from Mangkhut more generally:





    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UInhSDz8pRY
    Mangkut was surreal, I remember going out during it. In Tung Chung a lot of the trees fell down, they are using a lot of Teak trees so it was worth a fortune.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    Not sure what news you're seeing @Coolboy but BBC reports possibly the largest wind gust ever recorded in UK at 122mph.

    O2 Arena roof torn off, trucks blown over, houses collapsed, steeples falling off, seems like a good storm to me.


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ce-hits-europe
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cornmeal:
    Not sure what news you're seeing @Coolboy but BBC reports possibly the largest wind gust ever recorded in UK at 122mph.

    O2 Arena roof torn off, trucks blown over, houses collapsed, steeples falling off, seems like a good storm to me.


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ce-hits-europe
    Yeah its bad. Although 122 mph was not all over the UK I think. HK typhoons have higher top wind speed than that. And typhoons in HK also got storm surge.
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    well my Scouser mate posted this in our whatsapp group lol

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