Typhoon Vincente made landfall at 4am, after the Hong Kong Observatory issued 10 hurricane signal for the first time since 1999.Vincente make 140 people had been injured during the night, including 71 admitted to hospitals, including one who was in serious condition.
HAHA!!My father told me that he haven’t experienced this for 10 years. I could hardly walk, the wind kept pushing him.
I think most agree that the incident was a result of an accident. It's quite rare that fallen trees could disrupt power supply.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded in trains and stations along the MTR Corporation . East Rail line overnight after a tree collapse hit a power supply unit near the Tai Po Market station around 11pm, causing a failure in its power network. Eight northbound trains had to be stopped midway at Fo Tan, short of their destination of Sheung Shui.
The passengers could only finish their journeys seven hours after they had boarded the train when services resumed around 6am. They said they were not happy the MTR failed to arrange buses to take them to their destinations.
I think the passengers are very selfish , arrange buses to take them to their destinations in the No.10 hurricane signal ?Who can promise all the passengers and the frontline staff's safe? You know ,safety is of prior importance ! I did not think that they do a wrong thing.The MTR has tried their best to put the safety of passengers first ,so stay at MTR stations is the best arrangement. Also, at some stations, passengers were given $200 if they were able to catch a taxi for their destination. because the disruption came rather suddenly, and we were, the whole city was in a period of very bad weather, so in my opinion, the staff of the MTRCL, the frontline staff, they have tried their best to cope with the crisis.
A volunteer collects plastic pellets washed up on a bank of Lamma island during a cleanup operation in Hong Kong Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.
On July 23, 150 tons of the pellets fell off a ship during the typhoon..Local environmental groups worry that the pellets could absorb toxins and pollutants before being eaten by fish, making their way up the food chain and posing a threat to humans and rare marine species such as the Chinese white dolphin. I am very happy to see that after the incident was reported by media and environmental groups, over 100 local residents gathered to pick up the pellets from the beach voluntarily.
