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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 deluge began late Thursday night, with the Hong Kong Observatory recording more than 158 millimeters (6.2 inches) in rain between 11 p.m. and midnight, the highest hourly rainfall since ...
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 ...
Hong Kong: China: 2,431.3 33.2 38.9 75.3 153.0 290.6 491.5 ... Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Oceania City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr ...
The total land area of Hong Kong is 1,076 square kilometres, but about 75% of this land is open countryside, [1] which contains more than 2600 species of vascular plants, about 450 species of birds, about 200 species of butterflies, about 100 species of dragonflies, 40 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles and more than 20 species of amphibians, including some that are endemic to the ...
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. ... Shenzhen's total rainfall was ...
Typhoon Sam of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season became the wettest known tropical cyclone to impact Hong Kong since records began in 1884, breaking a 73‑year‑old record. A total of 23.98 inches/609 mm of rainfall fell between August 22 and August 25.
Unprecedented flooding from extreme rainfall events on multiple continents around the world has left dozens dead and displaced thousands since the start of September.