Claims from Tuesday's black rainstorm are much worse than Typhoon Wipha, but less than those from the 2023 black rainstorm, Zurich Insurance’s Greater China CEO says.

Hong Kong came to a standstill on Tuesday as torrential rain pounded the city for the second time in less than six hours, triggering a rare black rainstorm warning, paralysing public services and flooding key urban districts.

The city went to bed last night amidst a Black Rainstorm, which was hoisted at 11.45pm on August 4 and ended at 2.10am on August 5, but by 5.50am this morning it had worsened into the highest-level rainstorm warning again, which is still in force at the time of publication and will likely remain in place until at least 3pm, according to the HKO.