This article was first published on October 15, 1975.
Direct hit – but Elsie’s harmless
Hong Kong on Wednesday (October 15, 1975) began to mop up after Typhoon Elsie scored a near-direct hit on the colony with winds gusting up to 113mph (182km/h).
At dawn on Wednesday, Royal Navy boats, army helicopters and marine police launches were to begin a sweep of outlying areas to see where help was needed.
But at 3am, it appeared that little help was needed anywhere in Hong Kong.
The colony had escaped…