Hong Kong has closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the city overnight, flooding streets in parts of the city and an underground subway station.
Videos circulating on social media showed a flooded underground subway station, as well as water rushing down the stairs and escalators of the station.
Most of the city’s bus services have been suspended, as well as parts of the city’s subway network that have been affected by the rain. A government statement during the early hours Friday said that Hong Kong leader John Lee was “very concerned” about the severe flooding in most parts of the territory, and has instructed all departments to “respond with all-out efforts.”
The city’s observatory attributed Friday’s rain to a “trough of low pressure” associated with the remnants of the Typhoon Haikui, which earlier this week swept through Taiwan and southern China’s Fujian province.
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