More than 200mm of rain fell in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight has flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transport services and forcing schools to close.
Water rushed down the stairs and escalators of a flooded subway station in Hong Kong, and cars were caught in muddy water on flooded streets, including in the cross-harbour tunnel that connects Hong Kong Island with Kowloon.The heavy downpours led Hong Kong and the mainland city of Shenzhen to close schools, and non-essential workers in Hong Kong were urged to not head to their workplaces on Friday. Most bus services in Hong Kong were halted.
Shenzhen’s total rainfall was 469mm – the heaviest rainfall since Shenzhen started meteorological records in 1952, CCTV said.
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