Hong Kong now! The biggest downpour in 140 years! Subway under water! All highways are closed!

The heaviest rain in Hong Kong in 140 years flooded the city’s streets and subways Hong Kong. The biggest downpour in 140 years! The highest rainfall since 1884 Flooded metro stations Chai Wan district Heavy rain inundated Hong Kong on Friday, bringing widespread flooding to the densely populated city, flooding streets, shopping centers and subway stations as authorities closed schools and asked workers to stay indoors. China’s Special Administrative Region received the highest hourly rainfall since records began 140 years ago. Cascades of water pounded the city’s mountainous terrain as authorities issued warnings about the danger of landslides. Streets turned into torrents of water, according to videos circulating on social media, and one clip shows subway workers wading waist-deep in a station trying to stem the flow of water rushing from the road level. The city’s tunnel through the harbor, one of the main arteries connecting Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, was also inundated with water, and photos show a flooded shopping mall in the Chai Wan district The Hong Kong Observatory said 158.1 millimeters (6.2 inches) of rain fell between 11 p.m. Hong Kong time on Thursday and midnight Friday (3 p.m. to 4 a.m. GMT on Thursday). The Meteorological Bureau issued a warning for the heaviest “black“ downpour and said more than 200 millimeters of rain had fallen on Hong Kong’s main island, Kowloon, and the northeastern part of the city’s New Territories since Thursday evening. The weather bureau said a drop in low pressure associated with the remnants of Typhoon Haikui has brought heavy rains to the coast of China’s Guangdong province since Thursday. The extreme conditions are expected to last at least until Friday afternoon. Hong Kong’s stock exchange will not open Friday morning and will remain closed for the afternoon session if the black rainstorm warning remains in effect by midday, the bourse said. City leader John Lee said he was very concerned about severe flooding in much of the territory and instructed all departments to respond with “all-out efforts“. Some passenger and cargo clearance points at two border checkpoints between Hong Kong and the neighboring city of Shenzhen were suspended due to the flooding, according to the government. In the city’s Wong Tai Sin district, cars were submerged in water as they tried to pass on a main road.