Hong Kong submerged in rains
The Hong Kong Observatory reported a major rainfall of 158.1 millimeters (6.2 inches) from 11 p.m. HKT on Thursday to midnight on Friday (1500 to 1600 GMT on Thursday). As a consequence, the climate bureau issued its most extreme “black” rainstorm warning and famous that over 200 mm of rainfall had been recorded throughout Hong Kong’s major island, Kowloon, and the northeastern area of the New Territories since Thursday night time.
The climate bureau attributed the torrential rainfall to a low-pressure trough linked to the remnants of Typhoon Haikui, which has been inflicting heavy rain alongside the Guangdong coast since Thursday. These excessive climate circumstances are anticipated to persist till at the least midday on Friday. In response, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange introduced that it might not begin buying and selling on Friday morning if the black rainstorm warning remained in impact at 9 a.m.
Numerous movies shared on social media depicted streets remodeled into fast-flowing rivers, with one significantly hanging clip exhibiting water cascading down an escalator right into a flooded subway station. The scenario was exacerbated as the town’s important cross-harbour tunnel, a key hyperlink connecting Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, was submerged in water.
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Additionally, photographs captured a waterlogged buying middle situated within the Chai Wan district. Hong Kong’s MTR Corp, chargeable for the town’s rail community, reported the closure of at the least one rail line, whereas others skilled important delays of their operations.
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