In pictures: how typhoons have wreaked havoc on Hong Kong through the decades

South China Morning Post photographers have captured the power and devastation of major storms through the years

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.

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