6,000 Flee Hong Kong Avalanche: Quick Work Averts Hong Kong Disaster
6,000 Flee Hong Kong Avalanche: Quick Work Averts Hong Kong Disaster
Torrential rains in the wake of Typhoon Ida mounted what was nearly a major disaster in Hong Kong. Loosened by the storm, hundreds of tons of mud roared down from the hillside, burying houses and sending 6,000 people fleeing for their lives. Four persons are missing and presumed dead. Road swept away due to the amount of the torrential rain that fell. LD - Looking down at the city of Hong Kong with throngs lining the balconies of apartment buildings and city streets. LS - People legs as they trudge through 6 or more inches of mud. MCUS - The after math of the mud and debris that came down due from the collapsing hill. MS - Nuns on a balcony of an apartment building looking over the disaster that took place, CUS - Man shoveling away mud from his home. MS - Soup kitchens set up to feed the victims of the Hong Kong Disaster. CUS - Children receiving food rations. MS - A ling of men holding a make-shift metal tool pushing the mud away from a Hong Kong street. CUS - The faces of children watching the clean up. Children laughing. CUS - A mother holding her little boy looking horrified.