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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Tracks of the seven tropical cyclones affecting Hong Kong in 2017.

Figure 2.3     Infra-red satellite imagery of Super Typhoon Lan (1721) at peak intensity at 8 a.m. on 21 October 2017. The estimated maximum sustained wind and minimum sea-level pressure of Lan was 205 km/h and 925 hPa respectively at that time.

[The satellite imagery was originally captured by the Himawari-8 Satellite (H-8) of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).]