On the southeastern coast of Hong Kong, Li Kwok-ping and four other family members – armed only with plastic buckets and a dustpan – watched on helplessly as one wave after another crashed through their door for hours, flooding their home while Typhoon Hato wreaked havoc throughout the city on Wednesday.
Li’s family was just one of hundreds in rural areas that struggled to grapple with the biggest storm in five years, as Hato left destruction in its wake, flooding villages and...
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