Waves crash into the Heng Fa Chuen residential district as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches near Hong Kong on September 23, 2025. Tommy Wang/AFP/Getty Images

A massive typhoon that’s already brought fatal flooding to Taiwan, where 14 are dead and 124 are missing, is churning into one of the world’s most densely populated coasts, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to southern Chinese cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Typhoon Ragasa, which a few days ago was the strongest storm on earth so far this year, has barreled through remote islands in the Philippines and the mountainous regions of Taiwan. It left a trail of damage, triggering landslides and huge waves, and forced the evacuation of more than a million people in southern China.

A lake burst its banks in Taiwan’s eas

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