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Gales are still affecting many places and precautions should not be relaxed, forecaster says.

Hong Kong has witnessed a series of ferocious and occasionally deadly storms since records began in 1946.

Record-breaking rainfall with an unusually long duration triggered by the arrival of Typhoon Doksuri in late July has battered northern China for a week, causing massive flooding and disrupting the lives of millions. After pelting the Chinese capital Beijing in the worst storms in 140 years and lashing nearby cities in a region the size of Britain, the rain finally shifted to China's northeast near its border with Russia and North Korea where their power, though weakened, remained potent. ...

Record-breaking rainfall with an unusually long duration triggered by the arrival of Typhoon Doksuri in late July has battered northern China for a week, causing massive flooding and disrupting the lives of millions.

Extreme rainfall, triggered by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, followed by warm and humid atmosphere brought by Typhoon Khanun, battered Beijing, Tianjin, and the Hebei province, causing widespread flooding and damage in an area the size of Britain. The rains were the worst to hit China in over a decade with Beijing experiencing its heaviest rainfall in 140 years.

Extreme rain battered Beijing, Tianjin and the province of Hebei in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri in late July, causing widespread flooding and damage in a region the size of Britain. The storms, which have killed at least 20 people and led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents, were the worst to hit China in over a decade, with Beijing experiencing its heaviest rainfall in 140 years. The amount of rainfall since Saturday has breached many local meteorological records.

She opened schools for abandoned children and was at the forefront of relief efforts for the boat people arriving from Vietnam in the 1970s

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