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Heavy rain in Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, with hundreds evacuated and two deaths reported in Hong Kong. Hong Kong authorities said during ...
Hong Kong closed schools on Thursday after authorities issued the second-highest rain signal and warned of extensive flooding, just days after the Asian financial hub was drenched by the heaviest ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) -The heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago drenched Asian financial hub Hong Kong on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 100, media reported, as ...
The Hong Kong Government first described the historic rainfall as "once-in-a-century", [25] but then upgraded the narrative to "once-in-500-years", [28] or a 0.2% chance. [29] It caused uproar from the public as an attempt to deflect the blame, [ 30 ] after the authorities were questioned and criticised for the preparedness for such an ...
The red and black signals were the second stage of the warning system based on actual rainfall levels recorded, and were issued to the public. Amber: More than 50 mm of rain is expected in the Hong Kong region within six hours. Red: Rainstorm has started and more than 50 mm of rain has been recorded over a wide area within the last hour or less.
In August 2006, Typhoon Prapiroon neared Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Observatory refused to raise the typhoon signal no. 8. This decision triggered intense public discussions. Weather Underground published a report [3] later on, questioning the validity of the Tropical Cyclone Warning System for Hong Kong. This led to the revision of the system by ...
The Hong Kong Observatory said it recorded 158.1 mm (6.2 inches) of rain in the hour between 11 p.m. Thursday and midnight, the highest recording since records began in 1884.
Typhoon Koinu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Jenny, was a strong and damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong. Koinu, a replacement name for Tembin which means puppy or Canis Minor in Japanese, was the fourteenth named storm and ninth typhoon of the inactive 2023 Pacific typhoon ...