A resident carries their pet as he walks through the floodwaters in Lei Yue Mun in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines.

In Taiwan, 17 people died after floods submerged roads and carried away vehicles in one county, and 10 deaths were reported in the northern Philippines.

More than two million people were relocated across Guangdong province, the southern Chinese economic powerhouse, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said. A weather station in Chuandao town recorded maximum gusts of 241 kph (about 150 mph) at noon, a high in Jiangmen city since

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