A tree lies toppled by Super Typhoon Ragasa’s fierce winds in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday.

Authorities in southern China ordered the evacuation of more than a million people as Super Typhoon Ragasa swept towards coastal Guangdong after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

At least 14 people were killed in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien county, and more than 120 were still missing as of Wednesday evening local time, after a lake inundated with days of rain from the massive storm burst its banks and flooded nearby Guangfu township. Videos showed torrents of water sweeping cars away and houses buried in mud, leaving many residents trapped.

In Hong Kong, a nearly three metre storm surge caused massive waves to crash into many coastal areas, flooding homes an

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