SINGAPORE — For Ms Fenyx Seah who had just moved to Hong Kong with her husband in April this year for work, experiencing their first typhoon – the Super Typhoon Saola, which hit the city on Sept 1 – was an “eye-opener”.
A view of cars submerged at a flooded area after heavy rains, in Hong Kong, China, Sept 8, 2023.
On Thursday night, Hong Kong’s weather bureau issued a “black rainstorm warning”, as the city was blanketed by its heaviest rainfall since records began 140 years agoTODAY spoke with six Singaporeans based in Hong Kong in the aftermath of the deluge The Singaporeans told TODAY that Typhoon Haikui had been more disruptive than Super Typhoon Saola, which they said was “tamer”
They added that it could be because they were better prepared for Typhoon Saola, since warnings were issued prior to its arrival
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