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Storms Deluge Hong Kong and Other Southern Chinese Cities
Torrential rains have pounded southern China, flooding low-lying homes and roads, choking expressways and prompting officials to suspend classes while the record-breaking storms lingered over the region.
Hong Kong was hit by about six inches of rainfall in several hours. The headquarters of the Hong Kong Observatory recorded over six inches in just one hour, the most in that spot since its records began in 1884, according to The South China Morning Post.
By Friday morning, Shenzhen, a southern Chinese commercial city next to Hong Kong, had endured nearly eight inches of rain overnight, in the most intense downpour since records began in 1952, according to the city’s official news service.
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