Rain Damage in Peking, 1925

Hong Kong seems to have stood up well against Typhoon Haima – though it was a shame the authorities rushed to cut down so many trees! Will they be replaced?

Anyway, 1924 was a year of terrible drought in most of Northern China but the following year that all changed. Peking saw 15 inches of rain in just eight days turning hutong laneways into rivers…..