Hong Kong (Reuters) -Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, won Hong Kong with Hurricane -Force Winden and Lebrakes on Wednesday, while heavy rain shower in Taiwan resulted in the death of 14 people.
A barrier lake in the eastern Hualien province Taiwan flowed over and sent a wall from water to a city, while heavy rainfall from Ragasa hit the island, said the Taiwan fire brigade on Wednesday.
Since Monday, Taiwan has been hit by the outer edge of Ragasa, who brought intense rains to the island.
Roads were abandoned in Hong Kong because authorities instructed people to stay inside and rising waves crashed over parts of the eastern and southern coastline of the Asian financial hub.
“Areas that were previously sheltered can be exposed … Seas will be phenomenal with waves,” said the observatory.
Ragasa, packing of up to 200 km / h (124 mph), will be closest to the city in the coming hours, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the densely populated area.
Ragasa expected to maintain the status of the Super Typhoon
It is expected that the super typhoon intensity retains while it goes to the coast of the Chinese province of Guangdong, the home of more than 125 million people, where it is expected to land from afternoon to Wednesday.
Ragasa wiped through the Northern Philippines and Taiwan on Tuesday on Tuesday.
The typhoon led to panic that buys in Hong Kong this week, with people who pressed in supermarkets, left little on the shelves and in some cases standing in line for hours to buy goods for fear that stores could be closed for two days.
As the typhoon approached, residents stuck their windows in the hope of reducing the risk of injury by shattered glass.
Hong Kong gave the Typhoon signal 10, the highest warning, Wednesday, which encourages companies and transport services to connect.
Authorities also issued the Amber Raininstorm signal, because heavy rain is expected to continue, with some streets that have already been partially flooded, according to the South China Morning Post.
Authorities have warned about rising sea level and say that they could be comparable to that during Typhoon Hato in 2017 and Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, which caused both billions of dollars in damage.
“The water level will reach the maximum around noon (0400 GMT),” in general to about four meters (13 feet), “said the observatory.
A woman and her five -year -old son were swept into the ocean on Tuesday after looking at the typhoon from the waterfront, according to the SCMP, who said they were now in intensive care after they were saved.
The government said it had opened 49 temporary hiding places in different districts and 727 people have sought refuge in the hiding places.
The Hong Kong fair remains open. It changed its policy at the end of last year to keep acting what the weather is.
The authorities of Guangdong have evacuated more than 770,000 people, according to the CCTV state broadcaster.
In the Gokhub of Macau next to Hong Kong, the authorities also issued the number 10 warning signal on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Anne Marie Roantree, Jessie Pang and the Hong Kong Newsroom; Ben Blanchard in Taipei Writing by Farah Master; Edit by Stephen Coates, Lincoln Feast and Michael Perry)
