In many cases, people emerged from offices that evening to go home, only to find their cars half submerged. By then, the city's main roads were already a foot deep in water and littered with broken-down vehicles. Traffic splashed to a halt across the whole city, and many drivers had to simply abandon their cars and wade the rest of the way home.
暴雨初降時正值傍晚，許多上班族離開辦公室時才發現愛車已沒入水中，加上主要道路積水盈尺，拋錨車、泡水車沿路皆是，車輛進退不得、交通全面癱瘓，許多人不得已「棄」車徒步，撩著衣衫一步一踉蹌地趕回家中，以便搶救家中細軟。