The government said Friday that such “extreme” conditions were expected to continue until at least midnight. Tyrone Siu/ReutersĪs of Friday afternoon, 119 people have been reported injured from the downpour, four of whom are in serious condition, according to Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority. When he managed to drive home nine hours later, the road was “full of rocks from landslides, debris from trees, abandoned cars and so on,” he said.Ī road blocked due to the debris of a landside after heavy rains, in Hong Kong, on September 8, 2023. He managed to park in a safe place, but there was no way out – leaving him stuck until daybreak. Several other cars had similarly flooded and were “floating” nearby, he said. The flooded roads were “impassable,” he said at one point, “water was coming over the hood of the car and I thought it was going to flood the engine.” Stuart Hargreaves, a Hong Kong resident and professor, was forced to spend the night in his car after being stranded while driving home late Thursday. On Friday, authorities appealed to businesses to allow non-essential employees to stay at home or seek safe shelter, citing unsafe travel conditions. Eighty-six people were injured from the typhoon, the government said.įriday’s deluge again caused widespread transport and business disruptions across the financial hub, with the stock market canceling morning trading, and all schools closed for the day. Typhoon Saola, originally a super typhoon, weakened to the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane as it reached Hong Kong last weekend – but was still potent enough to shut down the city and cause hundreds of flight cancellations. The extreme conditions caught many residents by surprise and came just days after Hong Kong was lashed by its strongest typhoon in five years. Vehicles submerged in a flooded parking lot in Hong Kong on September 8, 2023.
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