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Ironically enough, after three of the dryest summers in the Colony's recorded weather history, the month of May 1957 proved the wettest in 80 years. More than 35 inches of rain were registered at the Royal Observatory in May-with totals of over 60 inches at Beacon Hill, Kowloon, and nearly 50 inches at Cape Collinson on the Island-and the rains continued until well into June. Drainage systems could not cope with the abnormal strain imposed upon them and there were many landslides and much flooding and damage to road systems. The photographs show a mid-morning 'May shower' in Queen's Road Central and (below) the aftermath-mud and silt brought down from the hills lying deep in a suburban street.
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