DoomsdaysCWOfficials issue highest-possible weather alert amid record-breaking #downpour: 'Black rainstorm warning'
Timothy McGill
Wed, August 6, 2025
"Torrential rain fell on Hong Kong recently, breaking a long-held record and disrupting life in one of the most densely populated urban centers in the world.
"The 'black rainstorm warning,' issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, represents the most severe level of rainstorm alert in #HongKong. It's triggered when torrential rain is causing or likely to cause serious #flooding and major #disruptions.
"In early August, the #HKO issued this dire warning not once, but four times in only eight days, setting a new benchmark for the most times the city's highest weather alert has been issued in a single year, according to China's state news agency Xinhua, per Reuters."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/officials-issue-highest-possible-weather-072000462.html
