More than 100 people were sent to hospitals as Hong Kong’s heaviest downpour in decades sparked widespread flooding overnight, bringing the city to a standstill by September 8 morning with the stock exchange suspended and employers urged to let staff work under typhoon arrangements, Report informs referring to South China Morning Post.
The city also marked its longest black rainstorm warning ever, with the highest-level alert having been in force for more than 12 hours as of noon. The second-longest black rain warning was in 1999, lasting five hours and 47 minutes.
A total of 102 people were sent to hospitals during the storm, including two men and two women in serious condition.
The black warning, signifying rain exceeding 70mm an hour has fallen or is expected to fall generally over Hong Kong, was issued at 11.05pm on September 7, replacing the red alert raised at 9.50pm. The amber warning, the lowest in the three-tier system, was raised just 25 minutes earlier.