Last night (September 7th), everyone was stunned by a sudden rainstorm! One thing is to say, this rain is much heavier than the rain in all the memes... After all, waterlogging has already formed.
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Affected by the remnant circulation of typhoon "Anemone" and the monsoon, heavy precipitation occurred in Shenzhen, and some streets experienced serious waterlogging.
Vehicles began to "drift" in the water, waist deep in places with serious waterlogging, subway stations turned into waterfalls, and even citizens accidentally caught wild big fish!
The whole city of Shenzhen has entered a state of emergency defense for heavy rain, and the city's emergency rescue is in progress.
The HKSAR government said last night that Hong Kong had been notified by the relevant authorities in Shenzhen that the Shenzhen reservoir was drained at 00:00 on September 8. Flooding may occur in some areas of the New Territories.
The relevant government departments, including the Northern District Office, the Drainage Services Department, the Police Force, the Fire Services Department, the Water Supplies Department and the Social Welfare Department, have been notified to enable them to take appropriate measures.
This is still the case in Shenzhen, and the situation in Hong Kong is no better...
Severe flooding in many districts of Hong Kong!
The Hong Kong Observatory issued a black rainstorm warning at 11:05 last night, and many districts in Hong Kong were affected by heavy rain. Among them, the rain in the northern district was particularly heavy, with 150 mm of rain in one hour, and many parts of Hong Kong Island have also become Zeguo, and there are roads in Chai Wan that are seriously flooded, and some cars have to wade through the water, and some people have photographed some citizens being swept away by the current.
A number of videos on the Internet can be seen that there is water entering the lower level of the citybus in Chai Wan, and many vehicles "wading" on the road around Cui Road are suspected to be immersed on the side of the road and turned off. The car park of Huan Tsui Estate in Chai Wan was constantly flooded, resulting in severe flooding.
Chai Wan has a road that is severely flooded.
There are citizens wading in the water in Sha Tau Kok.
Sha Tau Kok Highway was severely flooded.
In addition to the flooded road surface, the flooding of the tunnel...
Netizens saw that the red tunnel was seriously flooded in the direction of Kowloon.
It's even more chaos in the MTR...
Among them, at Exit E of Wong Tai Sin Station, the yellow muddy water brought by the heavy rain gushed into the MTR station like a waterfall along the elevator and stairs, and some components of the elevator were suspected to have been washed away by the flood and damaged, and the water depth reached the calf at one point.
Some passengers photographed the flooding on the platform after the train entered the station, which was half a person tall, and many passengers on the same train exclaimed.
According to online photos and videos, the lobby of Chai Wan Station was flooded, requiring members of the public to wade through the water and staff were busy cleaning up the stagnant water.
MTR has successively announced the closure of several MTR stations...
The customs clearance port was not spared, and the Liantang port became a vast ocean.
The Hong Kong Observatory said that the low-pressure trough associated with the remnants of sea anemones has brought heavy rain to the coast of Guangdong since last night. From 6pm to 12 midnight last night, Hong Kong recorded more than 70mm rain in most areas, while Kowloon, Northeast New Territories and Hong Kong Island recorded more than 200mm rain.
The Observatory Headquarters recorded 158.1 mm of rain in one hour from 11pm to 12 midnight last week, the highest recorded since records began in 1884.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on social platforms that it continued to rain heavily in Hong Kong at night, and the Observatory issued a black rainstorm warning signal at about 11 p.m., and he was very concerned about the serious flooding in many parts of Hong Kong.
Mr Lee said that the Disciplined Units were handling emergency cases and that various government departments, including the Drainage Services Department, the Highways Department, the Home Affairs Department and relevant departments, were making full efforts to respond and visit the affected areas to deal with various situations.
He urged members of the public to stay in a safe place as much as possible in light of the actual situation and pay attention to the latest weather news and information issued by the Government.
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