The No. 3 strong wind signal is now in effect. The Observatory said that the gale range near the center of "Mulan" is relatively small and maintains a certain distance from Hong Kong. The No. 3 strong wind signal will remain at least until noon.
Although the winds of "Mulan" were not as strong as expected, the villagers of Sanjia Village in Leiyumen, which had been severely affected by "Hato" and "Mangosteen", had already installed water gates, built sandbags, and made all preparations for flood control.
Fortunately, the "Mulan" did not cause the sea water to flood back this time. An old villager told reporters that when the "Mangosteen" attacked Hong Kong, the house was flooded. Because of the lessons learned, he didn't sleep last night.
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This morning, a reporter from "Hong Kong 01" inspected Sanjia Village and the seaside in Lei Yue Mun, and found that the wind was not strong, the sea was calm, and there were no white-headed waves.
Most of the nearby seafood restaurants have not yet opened, but the shops and residential houses have already placed sluice gates to prevent floods, and sandbags have been piled up in case of emergency.
There is a spare sandbag extraction point in the public area, and there are more than ten sandbags for the villagers to pick up.
Some villagers said that yesterday (9th) morning, government personnel had come to add ropes. When preparing for flooding, the villagers could grab the ropes and go out of the village. The villagers described the "Mulan" as weak and the shop was not flooded. Hey, it's not that good." He also pointed out: "I grab sandbags but don't use them."
Granny Ye, who has lived in Lei Yue Mun Village for more than 70 years, now sells seafood and lives in the back. Granny Ye also pointed out that the wind is not strong this time, but she has experienced "mangosteen" hitting Hong Kong and flooded her home, so she didn't sleep last night. , "to watch the wind".
Fortunately, there was no water in the house this time, and the sandbags that were used at home were useless, but she pointed out that when the water level was at its highest, the outdoor area at the back of the house was also submerged to half of the calf.
