After a series of heavy rains, landslides occurred in the mid-levels of Hong Kong Island.
Yesterday (13th) at about 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, a slope of a retaining wall with a height of about 6 meters on No. 5 Zhongxia Road near Huayuan suddenly collapsed, and a large amount of sand and mud mixed with boulders poured down the road, covering an area of 5 meters by 5 meters. Fortunately, no vehicles and passersby passed by at the time, and no casualties were caused. After the incident, the fire department dispatched a collapse search and rescue team to the scene to assist in the cleanup.
Affected by the accident, the scene had to travel on a single track and two trips.
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The Observatory said that an active trough of low pressure is bringing unstable weather to the coast of Guangdong.
More than 50 mm of rainfall was recorded in many districts in Hong Kong yesterday; more than 100 mm of rainfall was recorded on Hong Kong Island, Tseung Kwan O and the northern New Territories.
Early yesterday morning, the Observatory issued the first red rainstorm warning signal of the year.
The trough of low pressure is expected to linger over the south China coast today and tomorrow, and there will still be heavy rain and squally thunderstorms in Hong Kong.
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