On the 31st, Hope reached a peak of 150 mph winds, but land interaction with Taiwan to the north weakened the storm.

On August 2, Typhoon Hope struck southern China, only 10 miles east of Hong Kong.

Upon reaching the Bay of Bengal on the 7th, Hope restrengthened to a severe tropical storm, but moved over India and dissipated on the 8th.

Super Typhoon Hope began as a weak tropical disturbance on July 25 about 180 nautical miles (330 kilometers) south of Guam.

[2] At 6:20 in the evening on July 29, a reconnaissance aircraft reported that the minimum central pressure had dropped to 972 millibars (hPa; 28.7 inHg) and maximum sustained winds reached 80 miles per hour (130 km/h).

By the evening of July 31, the maximum sustained winds had risen to 150 mph (240 km/h), equivalent to a Category 4 super typhoon.

[2] Hope gradually weakened to a tropical storm in the midnight of August 3 while turning to move west-southwest.

On August 3 that same day, Hope passed over the northern coast of the Gulf of Tonkin and dissipated about 110 nautical miles (200 kilometers) west of Hanoi.

[2] Typhoon Hope spared Taiwan, killing at least four men and disrupted many highways and railroads along the island's southeastern coast.

[2] Two people also drowned in fishing towns in the Philippines as Hope brushed the northern part of the archipelago.

[4] On August 2, Typhoon Hope slammed into Hong Kong bringing 145 mph (233 km/h) winds, tossing freighters about in the harbour and hurling debris through the streets of one of the world's most populated places.

A three-year-old girl died when she was swept off the deck of her family's fishing junk by a wind-whipped wave and drowned.

Trees were uprooted, huge glass advertising signs were destroyed, streets flooded and sheet metal from construction sites were scattered.

[5] Most of the 66,000 Vietnamese refugees had already moved ashore before Typhoon Hope struck Hong Kong.