Record rainfall floods Hong Kong days after typhoon

Record rainfall in Hong Kong caused widespread flooding Friday, closing schools, suspending border cargo services and disrupting road and rail traffic just days after the city was shut down by a super typhoon.

The Hong Kong Observatory, the city's weather agency, reported hourly rainfall of 158.1 millimetres at its headquarters in the hour leading up to midnight, the highest since records began in 1884.

The city's Mass Transit Railway announced service disruption on one of its lines after a station in the Wong Tai Sin district was flooded, with another handful of stations also affected.

Authorities said various districts had been flooded and emergency services were conducting rescue operations late Thursday.