# hong kong flooding

Hong Kong shuts schools as it issues heavy rain warning » Hong Kong closed schools on Thursday after authorities issued the second-highest rain signal and warned of extensive flooding, just days after the Asian financial hub was drenched by the heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago. Reuters.com

Hong Kong's heaviest rain since 1884 floods city streets and metro » Videos circulating on social media showed streets turning into raging rivers, with one showing water gushing down an escalator into a subway station. Japantimes.co.jp

Leader agrees on need for warning system review for storm-battered Hong Kong » Government efforts seen to be in stark contrast with show of vigilance against Super Typhoon Saola a week earlier. Scmp.com

Hong Kong Flooded by Heaviest Rains in Over a Century » The metro has been inundated, cars were swept away and stock trading was canceled as the deluge outdoes wreckage from last week’s supertyphoon. Wsj.com

Hong Kong paralyzed by flash flooding after heaviest rainfall since 1884 | CNN » Record-breaking rainfall in Hong Kong caused widespread flash flooding across the financial hub on Friday, with many businesses and schools forced to shut, just days after the city was battered by a typhoon. Cnn.com

Storms Deluge Hong Kong and Other Southern Chinese Cities » Rainstorms caused by remnants of Typhoon Haikui, which had been churning along the Chinese coast, submerged roads and homes, and set rainfall records. Nytimes.com

2 Dead, Hundreds Evacuated in Hong Kong Flooding » Heavy rain in Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, with hundreds evacuated and two deaths reported in Hong Kong. Hong Kong authorities said during a joint news conference Friday that the extreme weather was expected to last until at least… Voanews.com

'Starbucks uncle' captures Hong Kong hearts during flooding » A photo of an elderly man quietly enjoying his newspaper and coffee in a flooded coffee shop has gone viral in Hong Kong. Bbc.com