Hong Kong issues its longest black rainstorm alert ever as city pounded by sudden torrential rain

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Sudden downpours lashed Hong Kong on September 7, 2023, causing widespread flooding. The city saw its highest-level hourly rainfall since records began in 1884. Weather authorities issued the city’s longest ever black rainstorm warning, with the highest-level alert in force for more than 12 hours as of noon on September 8. The second-longest black rain warning was in 1999, lasting five hours and 47 minutes. Footage from various locations around Hong Kong shows torrential rainfall pounding the city.