Torrential rain and lightning storms battered Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta on 5 August, causing severe flooding that closed hospitals and schools while turning staircases into rushing waterfalls.
On Tuesday, Hong Kong and nearby high-tech cities in south China’s Pearl River Delta were hit by intense rainfall and nearly 10,000 lightning strikes in just one hour.
Up to 90mm of rain per hour soaked the region, forcing the weather bureau to extend its highest-level 'black' rainstorm warning until mid-afternoon.
Floodwaters inundated Queen Mary Hospital, disrupting emergency services, though drainage teams quickly deployed pumps to ease the flooding.
These storms followed deadly flash floods over the weekend in Guangdong province, which claimed five lives and triggered a massive rescue operation involving more than 1,300 personnel.
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New York placed the state under emergency measures on Friday as a powerful winter storm brought the heaviest snowfall since 2022, disrupting travel across the north-east of the United States.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck the waters off Yilan County, Taiwan, late on Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported.
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The U.S. on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, which ended weeks of deadly border clashes, and called on both countries to fully implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Agreement.
Japan’s tourism sector has experienced a slowdown after China’s government advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Japan, following remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan.
Italian authorities have arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through Italy based charities, prosecutors said on Saturday, in an operation coordinated by anti mafia and anti terrorism units.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is travelling to the United States to meet President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, in what officials describe as a critical step in ongoing U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
Iran is engaged in a “comprehensive war” with the United States, Israel, and Europe, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Saturday.
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