Super Typhoon Ragasa: 17 killed in Taiwan and Hong Kong battered as storm moves towards China
Chinese businesses and schools shut and residents in high-rises ordered to evacuate as storm forecast to make landfall along Guangdong coast
Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake to burst in Taiwan, killing at least 17 people.
Hong Kong experienced widespread damage on Wednesday, including fallen trees and flooding in many areas, with the storm surge smashing the glass doors of an upmarket hotel and flooding its lobby, according to footage circulating online.
