The height of the floodwaters outside Hong Kung Temple in the Inner Harbour area reached at least 1.62 metres during Super Typhoon Hato’s battering of Macau last month, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG).
The bureau has uploaded Hato’s details, including maximum wind speed recorded at the different monitoring stations and maximum flood levels in different locations, on its website.
The super-typhoon killed 10 people and injured 244 in Macau on August 23. It caused severe flooding and huge damage. According to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, some 20,000 trees in urban areas were uprooted or damaged. Several thousand windows were damaged.
During the Hato onslaught, the Inner Harbour area as well as Fai Chi Kei and Ilha Verde district were severely flooded. The massive flooding was caused by the strong typhoon which coincided with a storm surge.
A man pushes his scooter through typhoon-induced flooding outside Hong Kung Temple on August 23. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
