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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. The amount of rainfall since Saturday broke many local records in Beijing and northern China, with...

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.