A WEEK after buildings swayed and the seas swelled under the high winds of super typhoon Saola, Hong Kong faced a new disaster: 600 mm of rain in 24 hours, a deluge that flooded roads, triggered landslides and shut down the city for the second time in a week.
Mother Nature couldn’t have made it plainer. With climate change, severe storms are happening more often in Hong Kong, as in most places, and they’re getting worse.
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