Record rainfall floods Hong Kong’s streets and train stations; all schools shut

Social media videos depicted streets transforming into raging rivers, and one picture showed waters pouring down an elevator into an overflowing train station.

A stop in the Wong Tai Sin city was flooded, and a few more stations were likewise impacted. The state’s Mass Transit Railway announced that it would temporarily halt services on one of its ranges.

Photos showed a waterlogged shopping center in the Chai Wan neighborhood, and the city’s combination port pipe, one of the main arteries connecting Hong Kong area to Kowloon, was likewise submerged in water.

Due to” extreme conditions caused by extensive flooding and serious traffic disruption ,” the government said, all schools have been closed on Friday.

Companies were urged to follow the standard work schedules for the strong wind message 8, which effectively stops the city’s offices and stores.