Hong Kong faced a catastrophic deluge as it endured its most severe flooding in 140 years, leaving at least two people dead and 110 injured. Torrential rains began on fall on Thursday night. And the Hong Kong floods set records.
During the downpour, some areas received an astonishing 600 millimeters almost 2 ft of rainfall per hour. This is equivalent to a quarter of the city’s annual rainfall.
The relentless downpour wreaked havoc on city streets, swamping some subway stations and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
In a press conference on Friday city authorities assessed the extensive damages. And describe the weather event as a “once-every-500-years” storm.
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Hard-hitting Hong Kong floods
According to Hong Kong Chief Secretary Eric Chan the storm “was so strong and sudden that we were unable to act and issue early warnings as was done with Super Typhoon Saola” that hit the territory a week ago.
