The Latest Breaking News from Hong Kong

Chinese businesses and schools shut and residents in high-rises ordered to evacuate as storm makes landfall on Guangdong coast

Chinese authorities evacuated 1.9 million residents from its south as super typhoon Ragasa approached with winds of 241 kph. Hong Kong and Macau faced severe disruptions, with schools and flights cancelled.

The city raised its highest-level storm warning for the second time this year, a rarity not seen since 1964, as the storm brought severe flooding that smashed into a five-star hotel and left dozens injured

Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.

Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and halted life on the southern Chinese coast early Wednesday after leaving destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines

China’s meteorological agency has dubbed Super typhoon Ragasa as the “King of Storms”

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Passengers have been urged to check their flight status as airports brace for storm impact and major delays.

Storm killed at least 14 in Taiwan and three in Philippines ahead of landfall in China