Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest tropical cyclone of the year, battered Hong Kong on Wednesday with hurricane-force winds and relentless rain, even as severe downpours in Taiwan claimed at least 14 lives.

A barrier lake in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien county overflowed and sent a wall of water into a town, as heavy rains from Ragasa battered the island, the Taiwan fire department said on Wednesday.

Taiwan has been hit since Monday by the outer rim of Ragasa, which has brought torrential rains to the island.

In Hong Kong, huge waves crashed over areas of the Asian financial hub’s eastern and southern shoreline, submerging some roads alongside residential properties.

At the Fullerton hotel on the island’s south, videos on social media showed a torrent of seawater surged through its gl

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