Changes in built-up land in typhoon Hope landfall area (lefttop) and population growth statistics (rightdown)

Typhoon Hope 1979  

Built-up land:  1975

2023

+>24 000%

Shenzen

+130%

Guangdong

+46%

China

Population growth since 1979

Source: NOAA IBTrACS, EC Global Human Settlement Layer, National Bureau of Statistics of China