The metro has been inundated, cars were swept away and stock trading was canceled as the deluge outdoes wreckage from last week’s supertyphoon.
Sept. 8, 2023 8:30 am ETTorrential rain in Hong Kong flooded shops, subway stops and parking lots late Thursday. The record rainfall was brought by the remnants of Typhoon Haikui, the second storm to affect the city in less than two weeks. Photo: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
HONG KONG—The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong was paralyzed after a record deluge submerged streets, flooded the metro and forced one of the world’s biggest stock exchanges to cancel trading for the
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