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Great mop-up is under way
by Staff Reporters
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This article was first published on August 3, 1979
Threats of widespread landslides and flooding hang over Hong Kong today as it licks its wounds from Typhoon Hope.
Weathermen have forecast heavy rains – totalling about 100 mm – in the wake of the strongest typhoon in eight years.
Mopping-up continued feverishly overnight to clear the roads throughout the territory.
Hope hit Hong Kong with winds of up to 128 knots recorded at the Star Ferry, leaving behind four dead, 260 injured and a trail of wreckage.