A worker clears water on a flooded street following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
Just days after Hong Kong residents weathered Typhoon Saola, the strongest typhoon to hit the Chinese island in five years, Thursday night’s storm produced record-setting rain turning streets into rivers, flooding shopping centers and causing landslides and sinkholes.
According to CNN, the Hong Kong Observatory measured 6.2 inches of water that fell between 11 p.m. and midnight. That is the highest hourly rainfall since the observatory started keeping records in 1884.
Here’s a look at 10 of the most striking images from that storm:
A pedestrian waits for a bus on a flooded street following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
A flooded street following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
A worker walks through the site of a landslide following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
A shopping mall is flooded following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
Restaurant tables at a restaurant scatter in a flooded shopping mall following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
Firefighters drain out water outside a MTR station following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
Workers clear mud from a MTR station following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. | Louise Delmotte, Associated Press
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