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crazy we're having all these abnormal record breaking weather events world wide. wonder what the cause could be!
Certainly not anything we could change that would impact business!
Coincidence. An ongoing trend of humanity being more and more unlucky, that’s all.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Record-breaking rainfall paralyzed much of Hong Kong on Friday, with flash flooding submerging metro stations and trapping drivers on roads, as authorities suspended schools and urged the public to seek safe shelter.
Friday’s deluge caused widespread transport and business disruptions across the financial hub, with the stock market canceling morning trading, and all schools closed for the day.
On Friday, authorities appealed to businesses to allow non-essential employees to stay at home or seek safe shelter, citing unsafe travel conditions.
The “extreme” conditions, including “widespread flooding, traffic disruption and a high risk for landslide,” are expected to continue until at least 6 p.m. on Friday, the government said.
The city’s Mass Transit Railway announced it would suspend services on one of its lines after a station in the Wong Tai Sin district was flooded, with footage shared widely online showing floodwater gushing down the stairs.
The government also warned “there may be a risk of flooding” in its northern New Territories district, which is adjacent to the Chinese mainland, after the neighboring city of Shenzhen said it would release water from a reservoir.
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