Typhoon Podul: Hong Kong cancels classes after red rainstorm warning, T1 still in force
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Hong Kong education authorities have cancelled morning and whole-day school classes on Thursday after the Observatory issued a red rainstorm warning.
The weather forecaster issued the warning at 6.35am, meaning that heavy rain has fallen or is expected to fall generally over Hong Kong, exceeding 50mm in an hour, and is likely to continue.
'There is severe rainstorm in Southern District. It may cause serious flooding,' the Observatory said, adding hourly rainfall is expected to exceed or has exceeded 100mm.
The Education Bureau announced the cancellation of morning classes and whole-day classes, saying students do not have to attend school. But it said that if the rainstorm warning is lowered to amber at or before 10.30am, afternoon school classes will proceed as usual unless advised otherwise.
'Schools should keep their premises open and implement contingency measures to look after arriving students. Parents do not need to pick up their children from schools immediately,' the bureau said in the announcement.
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