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Published 22:32 24 May 2013 BST
Updated 22:25 14 Nov 2014 GMT
Given the amount of it we get of it in this country, we consider ourselves experts on the rain at this stage. But has it ever been as bad as this?
We’ve had some horrendous weather in Ireland this month this year well, pretty much forever, but we tend to experience consistently miserable but fairly mild weather as opposed to the extreme conditions that hit other locations worldwide on an occasional basis.
Hong Kong experienced such extreme conditions earlier this week with the onset of a storm that was so bad it caused a black rainstorm signal, during which residents are warned to stay indoors, schools are either closed or in a state of lockdown, and public transport is severely affected.
The effect it had on the city could be seen in a video taken at Hong Kong airport, which went from perfectly normal to sheer chaos in a matter of seconds thanks to extreme rain and high winds, forcing those working outside to immediately seek whatever shelter they could find.
It would be easy to mistake this video for a timelapse such is the speed at which the storm hits the airport but that is not the case and keep an eye on the tail of the plane in the foreground of the video for an illustration of the effect of the fierce winds.
Now, where have we seen that type of weather before?
Hat-tip: Reddit

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