Hong Kong battered after 12 hours of Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
發佈日期: 2025-08-05 21:13
TVB News
Hong Kong was again hit by heavy downpours today, with the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal in force for around 12 hours.
This as the observatory recorded more than 355 millimetres of rainfall by 2 p.m.,surpassing the previous record for a single day in August set in 1884.
Various parts of the city experienced flooding with the Drainage Services Department having handled some 100 cases so far.
Heavy flooding was seen at an outdoor parking lot in Tseung Kwan O.
After experiencing an intense night of thunderstorms and flooding, the parking lot faced another round of flooding this morning, with the deluge reaching the windshield level of vehicles.
The downpour only got stronger over time, as staff from the Drainage Services Department deployed water-sucking robots to help clear up the floods.
The water only subsided at around 1 p.m., at which point some motorists arrived on site only to find the interior of their vehicles covered in mud.
In nearby Tseung Kwan O Village, roads were completely submerged, with vehicles and pedestrians having to wade through the water.
This as several residents living on the hillside of Kau Wa Keng Village in Lai Chi Kok desperately cleaned their homes which were drenched in a mix of water and mud.
Similar scenes across the city -- from water on the verge of overflowing at the Upper Shing Mun Reservoir to rapids developing out of the Tso Kung Tam stream in Tsuen Wan.
Much of the public transport system was disrupted by the poor weather conditions.
At Queen Mary Hospital on the Hong Kong Island, flooding affected the Accident and Emergency Department.
For a time, ambulances had to bring patients to Ruttonjee Hospital's A&E unit in Wan Chai instead.
Some patients claimed some of the water even flowed inside the hospital's lobby.
INDIKA WIJESINGHE: "I didn't know the weather was so bad. I just came to Hong Kong yesterday. I was quite shocked to see monsoon rain. I don't have a way to go back home now."
TONG: "I actually found the rain pretty big and I think it's quite serious and you can see a flood down the hill. The water is just flooding down and the stairs are really wet, and the elevators and escalators are stopped, so it has caused inconvenience for the pedestrians."
RONAN: "It was flooding around and the elevator didn't work so we needed to climb by stairs. All public transport was working correctly but I think it was kind of messy this morning."
As of the afternoon, the flooding outside the main block of Queen Mary Hospital has largely subsided, though its front doors remain sealed to the public. This after members of the Drainage Services Department successfully removed much of the water blocking the entrance earlier this morning.
