Hong Kong (China) recorded the highest hourly rainfall in its 140-year history.
The special administrative region's government has issued a landslide warning due to floodwaters flowing down from mountainous areas.
Drainage workers assist a driver trapped by flooding during heavy rain in Hong Kong on September 8. Photo: Reuters
Several videos on social media showed streets turning into rivers. Another showed railway workers wading waist-deep in water at a station as they tried to stem the flow of water from the road.
Floods in Hong Kong on September 8. Photo: Reuters
The Hong Kong Meteorological Department said that rainfall between the evening of September 7 and midnight of September 8 (local time) reached 158.1 mm. This figure reached more than 200 mm on Hong Kong's main island of Kowloon and the northeastern part of the New Territories.
Many vehicles in a flooded parking lot. Photo: Reuters
According to Reuters news agency, Hong Kong authorities said all schools were closed on September 8 due to widespread flooding and severe traffic disruptions.
Meanwhile, all schools, some subway stations and offices in Shenzhen, China were also closed on September 8 due to the impact of the remnants of Typhoon Haikui, which caused record heavy rain.
The China Meteorological Administration said heavy rain will continue until the morning of September 9 in central and southwestern Guangdong province.
Hong Kong recorded its highest hourly rainfall in 140 years. Photo: Reuters
Rainfall in Shenzhen reached 465.5 mm in a 12-hour period, the highest since 1952.
Typhoon Haikui made landfall in Fujian Province on September 5 and caused an estimated $691 million in economic losses before moving west to Guangdong on September 7. Typhoon Haikui has been downgraded to a tropical depression.
Rescue workers evacuate people affected by floods in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province, which was severely affected by floods on September 7, Xinhua news agency reported.
He visited rice fields and inspected the repair of houses and infrastructure. Mr. Xi stressed that the government would do its utmost to support the affected area.
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