Hong Kong emergency crews worked around the clock with robotic “water-pumping dragons” to clear widespread flooding in the northern New Territories after intense downpours triggered a brief red rainstorm warning early Thursday. The red rainstorm signal was issued at 2.40am, following an amber warning that had been in force since 9pm on Wednesday and a flooding alert for the northern New Territories. The signal was downgraded to amber at 5.15am, which was later cancelled at 9.30am, along with the...
Exercise aims to strengthen disaster response systems amid increasingly unpredictable climatic conditions that have led to sudden heavy rains, flash floods and forest fires, besides major industrial accidents in recent years