 |
| Zero visibility: the view from inside a bus at the height of today's heavy downpour |
Sunday will continue to be rainy with a few squally thunderstorms, said the Hong Kong Observatory, but it will not be as heavy as early Saturday, when the black rainstorm was raised for the second time in a week.
The heavy downpour that
began overnight continued until early Saturday, prompting the Observatory to
raise the black rainstorm warning at 9:45am.
By then, a number of
MTR stations had to be closed due to flooding in their vicinity, and a number
of ferry sailings were suspended. A number of flights flying in and out of Hong
Kong until about noon were also delayed due to the heavy downpour.
 |
| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
The affected MTR stations
included Choi Hung, Wong Tai Sin and Sham Shui Po. Among the ferry services
that were suspended were those run by Coral Sea Ferry, which connect Sai Wan
Ho, Kwun Tong and Sam Ka Tsuen.
All beaches run by the
Leisure and Cultural Services Department were also fenced off, while the Education
Department ordered all afternoon school sessions canceled.
The black rainstorm
warning remained in force for two hours, being downgraded to red at 11:45am and
to amber at 12:30pm.
 |
| Basahin ang detalye! |
All rainstorm warning
signals were lifted by 4pm though a few scattered showers remained.
"Locally, more
than 70 millimetres of rainfall were recorded over many places in the past
couple of hours, and around 100 millimetres of rainfall were even recorded over
parts of Kowloon and Tsing Yi," the Observatory said.
As of 11:15 am, four reports of flooding were
received by the Drainage Services Department, which immediately deployed emergency
response teams to inspect about 240 potential flooding hotspots.
Workers were also sent
out with water pumps to clear flooding in some areas particularly the Chai Wan
Road roundabout that flooded during another black rainstorm warning last
Tuesday.
The Observatory said the
weather will remain unsettled in the next few days, with heavy showers and
squally thunderstorms at times. The rain will ease off gradually in the middle
to latter parts of the week.
