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The Hong Kong Observatory issued the first black rainstorm warning of the year for an hour on Monday evening, with a trough of low pressure expected to bring further heavy rainfall in the coming 24 hours and flooding reported in some areas.
The forecaster replaced the top-tier rainstorm alert at 9.35pm with the red warning and then lowered that to amber at…