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RAINSTORM ROUND-UP

FRIJAY, JULY 22, 1994

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEGUN TO FALL EARLY THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING. AS A RESULT, THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT 2.30

AM, LOWERED AT 5.45 AM AND PUT UP AGAIN AT 10.35 AM.

THE HIGHEST RAINFALL INTENSITY WAS 100 MILLIMETRES/HOUR RECORDED AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM. IN HEAVY RAINFALL PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TERRITORY.

GENERAL,

A TOTAL OF 101 FLOODING CASES HAVE SO FAR BEEN REPORTED SINCE 3 AM WITH THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION:-

YUEN LONG NORTH

TUEN MUN

TAI PO

SHA TIN

SAI KUNG

KHAI CHUNG

TSUEN WAN

KOWLOON

HONG KONG ISLAND

ISLANDS

40 7

9

6

2

1

2

1

31

1

1

UP

TILL NOON, 24 LANDSLIPS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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OF

ONE WOMAN DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DURING THE HEAVY RAIN. 22-YEAR-OLD FEMALE, LEE WAI-KWAN, WIFE OF A TAXI DRIVER, WHOSE TAXI COLLIDED AGAINST A SLOPE WHEN DRIVING ALONG THE KOWLOON-BOUND LANE THE FLOODED CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR TAI HING ESTATE, TUEM MUN, AT 1.35 AM, WAS CERTIFIED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL AT 2.19 AM.

THERE WAS NO REPORT OF INJURIES SO FAR.

FLOODINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE AFFECTED PUBLIC TRANSPORT

IN VARYING DEGREES.

IN YUEN LONG, SOME KMB BUS SERVICES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE SOME ROUTES IN SHEUNG SHUI, SAI KUNG AND TAI PO HAVE BEEN TRUNCATED AND DIVERTED.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE UPHILL LANE OF MAGAZINE GAP ROAD NEAR MAY ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF LANDSLIP. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE REMAINING LANE IS USED FOR ONE-LANE TWO-WAY OPERATION.

FROM 6.30 AM ΤΟ 11.30 AM AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DELAYED SIX DEPARTURE FLIGHTS AND TWO ARRIVAL FLIGHTS AND CAUSED SIX FLIGHTS TO BE DIVERTED.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN, ALL KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY. HOWEVER, ALL CHILD CARE CENTRES, DAY REHABILITATION CENTRES OR ELDERLY SERVICES REMAIN OPEN. PARENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE CENTRES TO ARRANGE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THEIR CHILDREN, DISABLED OR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS IF NECESSARY.

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS SO FAR OPENED 28 TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION. A TOTAL OF 31 PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED WITH 29 OF THEM STAYING IN SHELTERS IN YUEN LONG AND TWO IN NORTH DISTRICT.

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