The heavy rain They continue all over the world. This Friday, September 8, Hong Konghas registered this Friday (September 8) the heaviest rains in 140 years, since there are records, with 83 people injured, three seriously.

The graphic materials showed Waterfalls tumbling down the steep slopes of the former British colony, flooding waist-deep narrow streets and flooding shopping malls, subway stations and tunnels.

“I am very concerned about the serious flooding in several affected areas of Hong Kong,” he wrote this morning on his Facebook account. the head of the Hong Kong Executive, John Leewho urged the population to remain in protected places and stated that several government departments are taking measures to assist the affected areas.

The Hong Kong government, which warned that the extreme weather conditions will last at least until noon, suspended all school activities during this day and urged employers to refer to the provisions of typhoon signal number 8, which establishes the priority of staff safety.

The operator of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, HKEX, announced today that the trading day this Friday in the former British colony is suspended due to the floods in the city, the last time it ceased operations on September 1, when it arrived Super Typhoon Saola hit the region.

The rains began on Thursday night, led to the issuance of a black alert for rainfall and immediately caused serious flooding throughout the former colony, with the eastern district among the most affected areas. It was also decreed High alert for residents near the Shenzhen, Ng Tung and Sheung Yu rivers due to the spilling of a reservoir that exceeded its capacity in the mainland city of Shenzhen.

The storm, which did not stop during Friday morning, also forced the closure of the Heung Yuen Wai and Man Kam To border control posts, in addition to local immigration offices, all public medical centers and post offices. On social networks, numerous videos that show scenes of streets in the financial center converted into torrentswith numerous people and vehicles trapped by flooding throughout the city, as well as a subway station flooded.

According to the local meteorological observatory, heavy rain especially affected the northern part of the New Territories, including Sheung Shui, Ta Kwu Ling and the Sha Tau Kok area. According to the observatory data, under the influence of a trough of low pressures associated with the remains of Typhoon Haikui, showers and storms will occur over the Guangdong coast in the coming days. The floods come on top of the two typhoons that have hit Hong Kong in the last two weeks – Saola and Haikui – and which caused serious damage in both southern China and Taiwan.