Some high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and mainland China have been cancelled on Sunday and Monday as rain lashes the city and parts of Guangdong province.
Flooding was also reported in the city over the weekend, with the Hong Kong Observatory issuing an amber rainstorm warning on two consecutive mornings.
“A broad trough of low pressure is bringing heavy showers and squally thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong,” the forecaster said.
Authorities cancelled 12 rail services from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chaoshan, Xiamen and Fuzhou on Sunday.
Another 13 from those destinations to the city were also axed, including one from Shantou.
The D908 high-speed sleeper train from Hong Kong to Shanghai on Monday was cancelled, with the D907 service in the other direction also cut.
Authorities made the decision to axe the services due to the adverse conditions.
The Observatory issued an amber rainstorm signal at 5:50am on Sunday, removing it nearly five hours later at 10.40am.
The Transport Department said it recorded four flooding cases in the morning, and burst water mains had caused some lanes to be closed to traffic on Cornwall Street in Shek Kip Mei and Sau Mau Ping Road.
A red flag warning was also issued at several beaches due to large waves.
Chinese state media said at least 11 people were found dead in the mainland’s central Hunan province after a landslide triggered by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi washed away parts of Yuelin Village in the city of Hengyang.
The Ministry of Emergency Management had raised the emergency response level for the province from Level-IV to Level-III on Saturday in anticipation of the heavy rains.
There were 130 warnings issued across the country shortly before 3pm on Sunday, according to the China Meteorological Administration.
Some parts of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces had recorded torrential rainfall of between 250mm and 354mm over the past two days, the body said.
In Hong Kong, the Observatory warned heavy showers and squally thunderstorms were set to continue in the coming days, but expected to weaken later in the week.
“With an anticyclone aloft strengthening gradually, the weather will improve and it will be very hot during the day over southeastern China in the latter part of this week to early next week,” the weather forecaster said.
Monday is expected to be cloudy with showers and a few squally thunderstorms, with a high of 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 Fahrenheit).
