香港・中国南部、大雨洪水

　どうもヒドイ大雨で、道路が濁流・激流と化すほどのよう。

BBC Hong Kong and southern China battle widespread flooding from record rains 8 Sep 2023 By Kelly Ng

　140年間で最悪レベル。学校も会社も閉じて警戒するわけだが―場所によってはメートル級の水没具合。

「Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities are battling widespread flooding as the region endures some of its heaviest rainfall on record.

On Friday, streets and subway stations were under water in Hong Kong as officials shut schools and workplaces.

The weather bureau said the downpour, which began on Thursday, is the biggest to hit the city in nearly 140 years.」

　人々は、何とか高い所に逃げようと、車の上やら、まあ都市部で得られそうなちょっと高い所に避難場所を探す。かなりダメそう。

「Pictures from the city on Thursday night showed the torrential rain turning streets into raging rivers, flooding shopping centres and public transport.

Videos on social media showed people climbing on to cars and other elevated platforms to escape the waters, which have risen several metres-high in some areas, blocking off subway entrances.」

「The Hong Kong Observatory later that night reported an hourly rainfall of 158.1 millimetres, the highest since records began in 1884.」

　一時間当たり158.1ミリと言うと、つまり16センチほど。…東南アジアの大雨でもなかなかでない数字じゃなかろうか。

「More than 200mm of rain was recorded on Hong Kong island, Kowloon and the north-eastern part of the city between 18:00 local time (10:00 GMT) and midnight - a total that exceeds the amount the entire city typically receives within certain months.」

　そうしてクーロン半島へのトンネルも水没。

「The city's cross harbour tunnel, a key route connecting the main island to the Kowloon peninsula in its north, was inundated. 」

　これは…かなり、いろいろとダメそうだ。