HK government says new technology is protecting city against extreme weather

Lawmakers in the city were warned in May that global warming and rising sea levels meant Hong Kong was exposed to typhoons even more damaging than Mangkhut in the future. — SCMP

New technology is helping to protect Hong Kong’s extensive shoreline with the city facing more extreme weather in the coming years, government engineers say.

The carnage wrought last year by Typhoon Mangkhut, the most intense storm in the city’s recorded history, has led the administration to step up its use of cutting-edge imaging techniques for inspections of piers, sea walls, breakwaters and typhoon shelters.