Over 10,000 troops and police officers were deployed in hopes of finding survivors after several towns were left submerged in one of Europe’s deadliest such disaster in decades.

The tragedy has re-ignited debates over our infrastructures’ robustness in the face of extreme weather, with some experts here in Hong Kong warning that the territory remained vulnerable to rising waters.

Meanwhile, forecasters expect typhoons in the region to occur more frequently and spread over a longer period, as testified last week by Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which was one of the biggest tropical storms to hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years.

What lessons can be drawn from these recent events?

After 9:45, we learn more about an art initiative launched to foster emotional wellbeing among breast cancer patients

9:05am-9:45am: Deadly Spain floods and extreme weather

9:05am-9:30am: Prof Leung Wing Mo, Spokesman of the Meteorological Society and former Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory

9:05am-9:30am: Wendell Chan, Project Officer, Friends of the Earth

9:30am-9:45am: William Yu, Chief Executive Officer, World Green Organisation



9:45am-10:00am: PolyU's breast cancer patient mental health initiative

9:45am-10:00am: Prof Angela Leung, Associate Head of Research, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University