Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone of 2025, is barrelling towards tens of millions of people in southern China after killing 14 people in Taiwan, leaving scores missing and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains.

Some 129 people are missing in Taiwan's eastern Hualien county after a barrier lake overflowed and sent a wall of water into a town, the Taiwan fire department said on Wednesday, with Ragasa's outer rim having drenched the island since Monday.

Many residents in the tourist town of Guangfu complained there was insufficient warning from Taiwan authorities, who are used to moving people out of potential danger zones swiftly on the island, which is frequently hit by typhoons.

As rain inundated Taiwan, Hong Kong grappled with huge waves that c

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