Heaviest downpour in Hong Kong results in two fatalities and hundreds of injuries

Two people died and over 100 people were injured after Hong Kong experienced its heaviest rainfall ever recorded since 1884.

A video shows water flowing down hills and flooding streets, malls, metro stations, and tunnels up to the waist deep.

The roads have broken and there have been landslides in many areas.

I’ve never seen scenes like this before. In other typhoons before, it wasn’t as bad as this time. “I find it very scary,” said Connie Cheung, a 65-year-old assistant nurse from Hong Kong.

The severe weather, caused by typhoon Haikui, also created disorder in the nearby Chinese city of Shenzhen, which is a center for technology and has more than 17. 7

Even though the typhoon became less powerful and turned into a tropical depression, its slow-moving clouds released a lot of rain on areas that were still trying to recover from a very strong typhoon that occurred one week earlier.

Hong Kong’s weather bureau issued its most severe ‘black’ rainstorm warning this morning.

There was a lot of rain in Hong Kong recently, which caused a flash flood and landslides.
It rained a lot in Hong Kong’s main island, Kowloon district, and northeastern part of the New Territories on Thursday. They recorded 200mm (7. 9ins)

The highest level of emergency alerts, known as the ‘black’ alert, has been reduced. However, authorities have cautioned about the potential dangers due to ongoing flooding.

John Lee, the person in charge of the city, said he was very worried about the serious flooding in most areas of the territory. He also mentioned that he had told all departments to make a huge effort in responding to this situation.
Meanwhile, Eric Chan, who is in charge of administration, said that Hong Kong’s transportation system has been severely affected and a situation of extreme conditions will continue until midnight today.

Pictures on social media showed that when a part of the road collapsed, some of the roads were damaged and a car got stuck in a large pothole.

The news channel on TV stated that someone who was brought to the hospital by rescue workers was announced dead when they arrived at the hospital.
Schools are closed, workers are told to stay at home, and Hong Kong’s stock exchange is not open.

In Shenzhen, there was a lot of rain. It measured 465. 5 millimeters, which is equal to 1. 5 feetThis happened in a span of 12 hours. It is the highest amount of rainfall recorded since 1952 when they started keeping records.

Videos from official media show people in the city using safety lines to help them walk carefully through water that reaches up to their knees. It has been said that today all schools, certain subway stations, and offices in that area have been closed.