#30 Typhoon Elsie (1975)
Duration: October 8-15, 1975
Origin: Pacific Ocean, 400 miles west-southwest of Guam, U.S.A.
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 155 mph (250 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 900 millibars
Super Typhoon Elsie, one of the most powerful typhoons to have entered Hong Kong in 1975, was the first occasion that Hurricane Signal No. 10 was raised since 1971. Hurricane force winds exceeding 150 mph blasted the former British territory south of China which sustained relatively minimal damage thanks to advance warnings given by the Royal Observatory.
