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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

From Typhoon Vera, which remains the strongest and deadliest typhoon to have ravaged Japan, to Typhoon Haiyan that killed more than 6,000 people in the Philippines, we recall the worst typhoons on record in the region

A love from beyond the grave – Kurt Tong on his ‘ghost marriage’ photographs His latest project, piecing together the story of a bereaved Hong Kong man who wed his dead fiancé, has won an award. The photogapher reveals how it began with the discovery of a trunk of keepsakes Eternally wedded in the spirit world … Marriage Proposal, a shot that appears in the Dear Franklin project. Photograph: © Kurt Tong Eternally wedded in the spirit world … Marriage Proposal, a shot that appears in the Dear Franklin project. Photograph: © Kurt Tong Tue 13 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT ...