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[Driving in black rain and typhoon] What should I do if I see a wading line? Inventory of 220 flooding hotspots in 18 districts in Hong Kong
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Experience a series of Black Rain afterwards, severe flooding occurred in many areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Although the government set up flood warning signs on high-risk low-lying roads a few months ago, many vehicles passing by were still stranded due to flooding faulty fire. Kwiksure helping everyone understand the operating principles of the flood lines, it also lists more than 200 flooding blackspots in Hong Kong.
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What is a wading line?
In April, the Government implemented a flood control system on five low-lying road sections with high flood risk.Wading Line System Test Plan, to monitor the flooding situation in real time so that the flooding situation can be dealt with early. At the same time, it also reminds drivers that the road ahead is flooded to reduce the risk of vehicles being unable to continue driving due to flooding.
The five pilot sites are located in Chai Wan Road、Lung Cheung Road、Cuiping Road、Chatham Road North and Nam Wan Road, Tai Po Market The warning signs of the wading line system are set up on low-lying road sections, including red wavy lines and the word "wading line" painted on the road surface, with a water level gauge next to it, and signboards will be erected next to the roadway.
What should I do when I see a wading line?
![[Driving in black rain and typhoon] What should I do if I see a wading line? Inventory of 220 flooding hotspots in 18 districts in Hong Kong](assets/blog/IMG_0131.webp "[Driving in black rain and typhoon] What should I do if I see a wading line? Inventory of 220 flooding hotspots in 18 districts in Hong Kong")
According to the government's recommendations, When drivers see that the water has reached or submerged the fording line, it means that the water depth at the lowest point of the road ahead has reached 0.3 meters or more. Drivers should stop before the fording line to avoid entering the flooded section of the road., turn on the vehicle's hazard warning lights, and drive out of the temporarily closed road section according to the on-site instructions.
Flooding blackspots across Hong Kong
Continuous black rains in recent years have caused flooding in many parts of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Many vehicles have stalled due to the flooding. We have listed the areas in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories that are prone to flooding due to blockage by garbage or dead leaves.
Hong Kong Island
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Wan Chai |
Sharp Street East near Matheson Street |
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Irving Street near Leighton Road |
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Hennessy Road near Fleming Road |
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Hennessy Road near Luard Road |
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Taiyuan Street near Johnston Road |
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Luard Road near Johnston Road |
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Lockhart Road near O'Brien Road |
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Percival Street near Lockhart Road |
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Wan Chai Road near Junction Street |
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Morrison Hill Road |
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Stubbs Road |
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Convention Avenue near Grand Hyatt Hong Kong |
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Conference Drive near Fleming Road |
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East District |
Sheung Tak Street near Causeway Road |
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Lai Tak Tsuen Road Bus Terminus |
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Causeway Bay Road |
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Tai Hang Road and Causeway Road |
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No. 38 Quarry Bay Road (Quarry Bay Municipal Services Building) |
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Fei Tsui Road (under the Fung Wah Village elevated road) |
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Near 200 Chai Wan Road (Catholic Star of the Sea Church) |
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Binhai Street near the entrance of Sunway Park car park |
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King's Road near North Point Government Primary School |
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Chai Wan Road |
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Beach Road |
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Shek O Road |
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Yee Wo Street near Hennessy Road |
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Queen's Road East near Morrison Hill Road |
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Broadwood Road near Wong Nai Chung Road |
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Wong Nai Chung Road near Hong Kong Cemetery |
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Wong Nai Chung Road near Hong Kong Jockey Club |
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Chai Wan Road Roundabout |
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Jinhua Street near Shau Kei Wan Main Street East |
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King's Road near Sunway Garden |
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Coastal Street |
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Central and Western District |
Des Voeux Road West near Chiu Kwong Street |
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Des Voeux Road West near Eastern Street |
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No. 3 May Road |
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Lower Albert Road near Justice Centre |
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Queen's Road Central near Ice House Street |
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Queensway near Cotton Tree Drive |
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Justice Channel |
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Robinson Road near Kee Linares |
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near 42 Kennedy Road |
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Near 80 Pok Fu Lam Road |
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Conduit Road near 62G and 64A |
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Des Voeux Road Central |
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Jervois Street |
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Yongle Street |
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Gaosheng Street |
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Hillier Street |
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Belcher's Street near Collinson Street |
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Smithfield Road Cascade Drain |
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Queen's Road West near Hill Road |
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Pok Fu Lam Road near Hong Kong Chiu Sheung School |
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South District |
No. 38 Tai Tam Road |
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Island Road near Deep Water Bay Road |
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Repulse Bay Road near Repulse Bay Hotel |
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Near 8 Tai Tam Road |
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Big Wave Bay Village |
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Aberdeen Praya Road |
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Pok Fu Lam Village |
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Shek Pai Wan Road near Hong Kong Praya Road |
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Wong Chuk Hang Road near Nam Long Shan Road |
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Wong Chuk Hang Road near Ocean Park Road |
Kowloon District
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District |
Location |
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Kwun Tong |
Ngau Tau Kok Road (outside Lotus Terrace) |
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Ngau Tau Kok Road near Jordan Valley North Road |
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Kantian Dao |
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Kwun Tong Road near Hong Ning Road |
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Shunzheng Street near Shunli Village Road |
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Guangtian Village Bus Terminal |
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Kwun Tong Road Tunnel (junction of Kwun Tong Road and Hoi Yuen Road) |
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Fuk Tong Road (between the car park and Tsui Ping Road) |
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Jordan Valley Nullah |
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Biyun Road |
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Tsui Ping Road Nullah |
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Kowloon City |
Waterloo Road near Panlong Court |
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Near the Suffolk Road Exit of Kowloon Tong MTR Station |
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Gehe Old Street near Zilan Villa |
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Sung Wong Toi Road near To Kwa Wan Road |
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Chi Man Street near Princess Margaret Road |
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Chung Hau Street near Ho Man Tin MTR Station Exit B2 |
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Ma Tau Wai Road near Jiangxi Street |
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Sham Shui Po |
Faxiang Street west near Yinghua Street |
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Tai Po Road near the former North Kowloon Magistrates' Courts |
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Tai Hang Tung Road near Tong Yam Street |
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Tai Hang Tung Road near Boundary Street |
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Wong Tai Sin |
Lung Cheung Road |
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Kai Tak Nullah near Shatin Pass Road |
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Lung Cheung Road near Shin Kong Centre |
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Lung Cheung Road near Exit C2 of Choi Hung MTR Station |
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Tai Hom Road near Plaza Hollywood |
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Lung Cheung Road, near Exit E of Wong Tai Sin MTR Station |
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Yau Tsim Mong |
Nathan Road between Kansu Street and Sai Kung Street |
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Waterloo Road near Nathan Road |
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Waterloo Road near Wylie Road |
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Nelson Street between Sai Yee Street and Fa Yuen Street |
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Cherry Street near Olympian City (westbound) |
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Cherry Street Tunnel (westbound near No. 1 Silver Sea) |
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Sai Yee Street near Argyle Street |
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Nathan Road between Boundary Street and Prince Edward Road West |
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Jordan Street, near 20 to 26 |
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Humphreys Avenue near 1 to 8 |
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Carnarvon Road near No. 20 to No. 24 |
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Chatham Road South between Granville Road and Austin Road |
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Cameron Road near Carnarvon Road |
New Territories and Islands District
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District |
Location |
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Kwai Tsing |
Lijingshan Road near Jiuhuajing New Village |
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Lijingshan Road near Zhongshan Terrace |
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Changrong Road |
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Tam Kan Shan Road Roundabout |
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Tsing Yi West Road |
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Shiyin Road near Shiyi Road |
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Tsing Yi Heung Association Road |
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North District |
Sheungshui Hudi Road |
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Ta Kwu Ling Plain Sea near Tangfang |
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Safety grille at the drainage outlet of the garden fence near the border of Muhu |
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Ping Che Road near Hong Kong Baptist Park |
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Binggang-DB Spot No.4 |
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Fenggang (Tangjiao) Gushang Township Road Crossing Road Drainage Channel |
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Fanjin Highway near Dalong Farm |
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Money Road |
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Man Kam To Road near Fu Tei Au |
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Pingyuan Road near No. 2 Sewage Pumping Station |
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Fan Kam Highway – Canal near Yingpan |
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Ma Sik Road, Fanling |
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Hangtou Road near Nice Garden |
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Dinosaur Pit Pig Farm |
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Lee House |
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Wenjindu Road near Gangwafu Road |
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Heshangxiang Road near Ma Caolong Road |
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Lin Ma Hang Road near the intersection of Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point |
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Ping Che Road |
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Sai Kung |
Ho Chung Road near the former ATV studio |
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Upper Ho Chung River near Shui Hau Village |
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Between Beigang River and Qibishangu |
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Beigang River near Feng'an Village |
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Near No. 91B, Shajiao Meigu |
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Shajiaowei Village near Lot 1923, DD221 |
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Mei Yuen Street near Sai Kung District Community Centre |
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No. 96, Binglangwan Village, Binglangwan Road |
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Po Hong Road near Tseung Kwan O telephone room |
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Po Lam Road between Mao Wu Tsai and Ma Yau Tong |
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No. 23, Bisha Road |
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Hiram's Highway near Marina Cove |
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Zao Wo Hang, Tai Wang Tsai Road |
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Po Lam North Road near Po Lam Fire Station |
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Environmental Protection Avenue near Junri Street |
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No. 119E near Ma Yau Tong |
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Yingli Road Parking Lot |
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Shatin |
Zeng Dawu |
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Anshanli Yajingtai |
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Shatin Tau Village Nullah |
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Meizilin Village |
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Shui Liu Village and sump, Sheung Shui Che |
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Ha Wo Che Village |
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Wo Liu Hang Road and hillside sump, Fo Tan |
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Fo Tan Mosquito Pit near Dat Ye Village |
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Fo Tan Road near Fo Tan Village |
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Tai Po Road near Chih Nai Ping Village |
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Tai Po |
Linjin Highway Pinglang |
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Ting Kok Road Chim Uk |
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Ting Kok Road, San Tau Kok |
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Ting Kok Road Po Sum Pai |
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Gyokaku Station |
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Underpass under the MTR East Rail Line at Nam Wan Road |
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Tai Po Road, Tai Po Kau, near Songzaiyuan |
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Tsuen Wan |
Mashanpai Road |
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Tsuen Tsing Interchange |
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Henglong Street |
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Shangjiao Mountain near Xifang Temple |
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Sham Tseng Old Village |
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Tsing Lung Tau Roundabout |
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Tuen Mun |
Siu Lam Village, Tuen Mun near NS3 pedestrian subway |
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Shunda Street |
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mud enclosure |
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Liangjing Village |
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Qingshan Village Drainage Channel |
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Red Mansion |
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No. 41, Yangqing Road |
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Tin Sum New Village |
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Xinqing Village |
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Yuen Long |
Near Kam Tin River lamppost FC0088, Ko Po Road |
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Near lamppost H2743, Da Jiang Pu Jiang Da Road, Pat Heung |
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North of Wutong River near the military area |
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Mai Po near Tam Kan Chau |
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Xintian West Waterway near Sanbao Tree |
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Suzu Box Culvert (near Suzu Village) |
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Castle Peak Highway, San Tin section, near Yongping Village Post Office |
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Castle Peak Road near Shek Wu Wai Road |
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Castle Peak Road Shek Wu Wai Village |
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The water inlet of the Xintian Pumping Station in Yanshouwei Village is near Fantian Village. |
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Xiawan Village Drainage Outlet |
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Lok Ma Chau Village Outlet |
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Mai Po Village near 163B |
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Shazhou Lane near Lot 278 in Demarcation District 124 |
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No. 337, Xiangjiangwei |
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Xinsheng Village near Lot No. 1244, Demarcation District 12 |
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Yazaikeng |
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Helibei |
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Peipu Village |
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Takezono Village |
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Kam Tin Highway |
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Yamashita Village |
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Lotus Land |
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Tai Tong Road, Shap Shat Heung, near Chong Ching New Village |
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Red Date Field Zhenhua Garden Phase II |
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Kam Tin Highway near Hengtai Mountain |
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Wo Sang Wai and Chuk Yuen District |
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Rongji Village |
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Jinshui North Road near Shigang Airport Road |
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Fanjin Highway near Hengtai Mountain |
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Chongzheng New Village |
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Dingfu Garden and Hengzhou Public School |
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Islands District |
Jianxinli, Cheung Chau |
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Sun Hing Street near Tung Wan Road, Cheung Chau |
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Ngau Au Village, Tung Chung |
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Tung Chung Road, Tung Chung near Xia Lingpi Village |
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North Lantau Highway Inlet L3-004 near Tung Chung Caribbean Coast |
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North Lantau Highway Inlet L3-005 near Tung Chung Caribbean Coast |
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North Lantau Highway Inlet L3-006 near Tung Chung Caribbean Coast |
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Pui O Ham Tin New Village |
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Mui Wo Ling Tsui Tau Village |
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Wing Yan Road, Penny's Bay, near the CLP Power Plant |
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Ying Lok Road, government-allocated land and public transport interchange in Penny's Bay |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the function of the wading line?
The fording line monitors flooding conditions in real time so that flooding can be dealt with promptly. It also alerts drivers to flooding ahead to reduce the risk of vehicles being unable to continue driving due to flooding.
What should I do if I see that the wading line has been flooded?
When the driver sees that the accumulated water touches or submerges the fording line, it means that the water depth at the lowest point of the road ahead has reached 0.3 meters or more. The driver should stop in front of the fording line to avoid entering the flooded section, turn on the vehicle's hazard warning lights, and drive out of the temporarily closed section according to the on-site instructions.
