Typhoon floods major Shenzhen roads

Sailing may have been the best way to get to work in Shenzhen on Tuesday morning, as torrential rain flooded thoroughfares, overpasses and the city's biggest subway interchange station.

The rains came as Typhoon Merbok made landfall on Monday night.

From 7 am on Monday to 7 am on Tuesday, Shenzhen reported average precipitation of 8.1 centimeters, with 21.9 cm of rain dumped in the typhoon zone, the city's flood control and drought relief headquarters said.