Super Typhoon Ragasa pummeled Hong Kong on Wednesday morning with a ferocity not witnessed in the city for years. Ragasa brought hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and a storm surge that left a trail of destruction in densely populated Hong Kong.

A river of sea water crashed through the lobby of a luxury hotel, sending people and glass flying.

In neighboring Taiwan, Ragasa had already brought rains heavy enough to breach a dam, unleashing a wall of water that killed 14 people downstream and washed away a bridge.

Rescuers interact with inhabitants of a building as Super Typhoon Ragasa causes flooding in Macau, Sept. 24, 2025. EDUARDO LEAL/AFP/Getty

Hundreds of thousands of people had to be evacuated from low lying areas in southern China as what's been dubbed by local media the "K

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