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Hong Kong cancels amber rainstorm warning after heavy showers disrupt classes

Education Bureau says students attending morning and whole-day schools are not required to go to class, adding afternoon classes will proceed as usual

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Hong Kong lowered the red rainstorm warning to amber within two hours. Photo: Sam Tsang
The weather forecaster issued a red rainstorm warning on Thursday morning. Photo: Sam Tsang
Jeffie Lam,Edith LinandBenjamin Fuller
Hong Kong suspended morning classes on Thursday after the city’s weather forecaster issued a red rainstorm warning, which was lowered to amber in less than two hours.

The Observatory issued the red warning at 7.40am. It was replaced by the amber signal at 9.25am, before being cancelled less than an hour later.

The Drainage Services Department said it had activated its emergency control centre after the red rainstorm signal was issued and had dispatched 90 response teams to inspect about 240 locations prone to flooding.

It added that it had recorded four cases of flooding by noon. The affected areas consisted of sections of Castle Peak Road and Fu Yung Shan Road in Tsuen Wan, Tsing Tsuen Road near Tsing Yi MTR station and Tong Fong Tsuen in Yuen Long.

All blockages were cleared within two hours, with all affected roadways quickly restored to normal operations, the department said.

The Education Bureau said students attending morning and whole-day schools were not required to go to class while the red warning was in force.

Schools should nevertheless keep their premises open to care for students who had already arrived, the bureau added.

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