One video clip showed metro workers wading waist deep in a station. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Torrential rain deluged Hong Kong on Friday leading to widespread flooding across the densely packed city, submerging streets, shopping malls and metro stations, as authorities shut schools and asked workers to stay at home.
The Chinese special administrative region saw the highest hourly rainfall since records began 140 years ago. Cascades of water tumbled down the city’s mountainous terrain as authorities issued landslide risk warnings. Streets turned into torrents, videos circulating on social media showed, while one clip showed metro workers wading waist deep in a station as they tried to stem the water flow gushing down from road level.
The city’s cross harbour tunnel, one of the main arteries connecting Hong Kong island to Kowloon, was also inundated with water, while photos showed a waterlogged shopping centre in the Chai Wan district.Hong Kong Observatory reported rainfall of 158.1mm between 11pm local time on Thursday and midnight on Friday.
The weather bureau issued the highest “black” rainstorm warning and said more than 200mm of rainfall was recorded on Hong Kong’s main island, Kowloon and the north-eastern part of the city’s New Territories since Thursday night.
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