Hong Kong swamped by document rain flooding roads and subway stations

Sep 08, 2023 at 8:15 AM

ecord-breaking rainfall in Hong Kong and southern China has flooded streets and subway stations, halting transportation and forcing colleges to shut.

Videos circulating on social media present flooded streets in Hong Kong and close by Guangdong province on Friday, with autos driving by way of the water and rescue groups utilizing rafts to navigate the streets.

Water rushed down the steps and escalators of a flooded underground subway station in Hong Kong, and automobiles have been caught in muddy water on flooded streets, together with within the cross-harbor tunnel that connects Hong Kong Island with Kowloon.

The heavy downpours led Hong Kong and the mainland metropolis of Shenzhen to shut colleges, and non-essential employees in Hong Kong have been urged to not head to their workplaces on Friday. Most bus companies in Hong Kong have been halted.

The Hong Kong Observatory mentioned it recorded 158.1 millimeters (6.2 inches) of rain within the hour between 11pm. on Thursday and midnight, the very best recording since data started in 1884. More than 200 millimeters (7.8 inches) fell in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.

On the mainland, greater than 11,000 folks have been evacuated from water-logged areas in Meizhou, a metropolis in Guangdong province, in keeping with state broadcaster CCTV. Trains and flights have been suspended in Guangdong and several other landslides blocked roads the report mentioned.