Dark clouds loom over a bus terminus near the Star Ferry in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - A week after Super Typhoon Saola tore through within 30 km of Hong Kong, the city recorded hourly rainfall of 158.1 mm between 11 pm and midnight Thursday – the highest since 1884 when recordkeeping started.

A Black Rainstorm Warning was issued at 11:05 pm on Thursday following torrential rain brought on by a "trough of low pressure associated with (the) remnant of Typhoon Haikui".

Knee-deep water was reported along major thoroughfares and police rescued people trapped in stranded vehicles. Severe flooding in both urban and remote areas also caused landslides. 

READ MORE: HK fights flooding with highest hourly rainfall in 139 years

Andy Chong, Edmond Tang and Calvin Ng of China Daily recorded moments as Hong Kong came to a standstill.

Tsim Sha Tsui

A service disruption message on display at Tsim Sha Tsui East station on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Tai Po

A police officer rescues a stranded taxi driver in a flooded road in Tai Po on Sept 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Two taxis seen submerged in a flooded road in Tai Po on Sept 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Residents walk past in a flooded riverside and damaged vessels beside the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po on Sept 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Shau Kei Wan

Yiu Hing Road near Yiu Tung Estate in Shau Kei Wan blocked after a landslide on Sept 8, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A resident regards a blocked Yiu Hing Road near Yiu Tung Estate in Shau Kei Wan after a landslide on Sept 8, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Wong Tai Sin

The flooded basement of a shopping mall in Wong Tai Sin on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Residents gather to witness the flooding at the basement of a shopping mall in Wong Tai Sin on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Police officers maintain the order as the basement of a shopping mall is flooded in Wong Tai Sin on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

MTR maintenance workers enter Wong Tai Sin station that remains closed to the public on early Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Cars negotiate a damaged Lung Cheung Road with a stretch of it waterlogged on Sept 8, 2023. In Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Police officers direct traffic along a flooded section Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Kowloon Tong

MTR workers clean up the concourse after a heavy rain at Kowloon Tong station on Sept 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Tseung Kwan O

Torrential rain swept away a traffic barrier at Tseung Kwan O on Sept 7, 2023. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)