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Record Rainfall Unleashes Chaos on Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta | Science-Environment
HONG KONG, AUG 5 – Hong Kong recorded 355.7 millimeters of rain, causing flight delays, landslides, and closures, amid a series of intense storms following an unusually dry first half of the year.
- On Tuesday, Hong Kong recorded 355.7 millimetres of rainfall at the Hong Kong Observatory by 2pm, breaking August’s single-day record since 1884.
- Recent weeks of rain, following an unusually dry first half of the year, have saturated soils and raised groundwater levels, Stuart Millis noted.
- At least 361 flights were delayed and 11 canceled, and the downpour flooded roads and caused at least 13 landslides, according to Hong Kong’s weather observatory and Flightradar24.
- The black rain warning was issued early and will remain in effect until at least 5pm, causing courts, tribunals, and register offices to remain shut until two hours after cancellation.
- This was the fourth high-tier warning in just eight days, breaking the record for most frequent issuance in a year, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.
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Hong Kong has been hit with record-breaking rains that have seen schools and courts shuttered, hospitals disrupted, and roads badly flooded. More than 350mm (13.8 inches) of rain had drenched the territory by 2pm (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the city's weather authorities said - the highest daily rainfall for August since 1884. The storms follow deadly flash floods in Southern China over the weekend, which left five dead in Guangdong province and pro…
Hong Kong recorded on Tuesday a cumulative rainfall never seen for a month of August in more than 140 years, announced the local weather agency, after triggering the highest level of torrential rain alert.
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