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When Typhoon Hope battered Hong Kong in 1979, killing 12 people – SCMP archive

As Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong, we take a look at SCMP’s coverage of some of the worst storms the city has experienced. Click here to read more. Great mop-up is under way by Staff Reporters This article was first published on August 3, 1979 Threats of widespread landslides and flooding hang over Hong Kong today as it licks its wounds from Typhoon Hope. Weathermen have forecast heavy rains – totalling about 100 mm – in the wake of the strongest typhoon in eight years. Mopping-up...


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