--- title: WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Facade of Hong Kong Mall description: A black rainstorm caused chaos as it swept over Hong Kong Sunday night canonical: https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/ author: Michelle Arrouas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-31T10:48:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:47.155Z og:title: WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Facade of Hong Kong Mall og:description: A black rainstorm caused chaos as it swept over Hong Kong Sunday night og:url: https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Facade of Hong Kong Mall twitter:description: A black rainstorm caused chaos as it swept over Hong Kong Sunday night twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Roof of Hong Kong Mall by [Michelle Arrouas](https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Mar 31, 2014 10:48 AM UTC by [Michelle Arrouas](https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Mar 31, 2014 10:48 AM UTC Hong Kong and Southern China got [hit](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-31/hong-kong-weathers-hail-as-year-s-worst-rainstorm-sweeps-city.html) by biblical rain and hail Sunday evening — smashing windows, damaging property and causing the authorities to issue a black rainstorm warning, the highest such alert this year. The dire weather canceled and delayed hundreds of departures from Hong Kong’s Airport, caused flooding in the street, shops and subway stations, and even broke the roof at the glitzy Festival Walk shopping center in Kowloon. Seven casualties were reported in Hong Kong due to the rainstorm, and one person remains in serious condition, [_South China Morning Post_ reports.](http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1461367/black-rain-alert-storm-causes-damage-across-hong-kong) In addition, at least 16 people were killed in southern China as the same storm system passed over. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/"},"headline":"WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Roof of Hong Kong Mall","datePublished":"2014-03-31T10:48:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:47.155Z","description":"A black rainstorm caused chaos as it swept over Hong Kong Sunday night","url":"https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hong Kong","extreme weather","Flooding"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/43428/watch-hail-breaks-glass-roof-of-hong-kong-mall/","name":"WATCH: Hail Breaks Glass Roof of Hong Kong Mall"}}]}] ```