The found man's corpse was confirmed as the missing man carried off by the flood - Hong Kong police

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The dead body of a man who was announced missing after being carried off by floods resulting from the rainstorm that excessively hit Hong Kong on Saturday has been recovered by the Hong Kong police.

The authorities earlier deployed emergency services who are up to 250 civil servants to facilitate the relief effort before the man's death was eventually confirmed on Saturday.

The officers later authenticated the corpse was a man reported missing amidst the rainstorm in a severely flood-hit Shatin area. His dead body was found in waters which is 800m east of Tang Chau island at 9 a.m.

Fire Services Department divers responded to the scene and searched thoroughly alongside the Kau To Hang River on Friday afternoon after getting a call that one person was swept away by floods at the front of a house near Hung Kiu Lane soon after 1 a.m.

Police said authorities would conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

香港警方確認發現的男子屍體就是被洪水捲走的失踪男子

香港警方已找到一名因週六特大暴雨引發的洪水而失踪的男子屍體，該男子的屍體已被香港警方找到。

當局早些時候部署了由多達 250 名公務員組成的緊急服務人員來協助救援工作，最終於週六確認了該男子的死亡。

警方其後證實該屍體是一名在沙田遭受嚴重水浸地區暴雨中失踪的男子。 上午9時許，他的屍體在塘洲島以東800m海域被發現。

消防處潛水員於週五下午趕赴現場，並在九肚坑河沿岸進行徹底搜尋。接到報警稱，凌晨1時後不久，洪橋裡附近一棟房屋前有一人被洪水沖走。

警方表示，當局將進行屍檢以確定死因。