In pictures: how typhoons have wreaked havoc on Hong Kong through the decades
Hong Kong is prone to typhoons that can barrel in from the South China Sea and the SCMP's cameramen and women have braved the wild weather down the years to bring our readers images of the storms and their sometimes devastating aftermath.
Typhoon Wanda hit Hong Kong on September 1, 1962. Photo: SCMP Archives
Workers remove cracked panes at Central Plaza, Wan Chai, after Typhoon York in 1999. Photo: SCMP Archives
The three vessels grounded at Kap Shui Mun, on the north-eastern tip of Lantau Island, by Typhoon Rose, in August 1971, include the Macau ferry Fatshan. Photo: GIS
Typhoon Mac floods King's Road in September 1979. Photo: SCMP Archives
The boom of a crane lies above a Wan Chai street after it was felled by Typhoon York in 1999. Photo: SCMP Archives
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In pictures: how typhoons have wreaked havoc on Hong Kong through the decades
Hong Kong is prone to typhoons that can barrel in from the South China Sea and the SCMP's cameramen and women have braved the wild weather down the years to bring our readers images of the storms and their sometimes devastating aftermath. Typhoon Wanda hit Hong Kong on September 1, 1962. Photo: SCMP Archives Workers remove cracked panes at Central Plaza, Wan Chai, after Typhoon York in 1999. Photo: SCMP Archives The three vessels grounded at Kap Shui Mun, on the north-eastern tip of Lantau Island, by Typhoon Rose, in August 1971, include the Macau ferry Fatshan. Photo: GIS Typhoon Mac floods King's Road in September 1979. Photo: SCMP Archives The boom of a crane lies above a Wan Chai street after it was felled by Typhoon York in 1999. Photo: SCMP Archives
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