Super Typhoon Ragasa has made landfall in southern China. At least 17 people have died in Taiwan after a lake burst, causing severe flooding in the east. Ragasa’s outer rim has drenched the island since Monday.

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Fourteen people are dead and 124 missing after a “super typhoon” barrelling across Asia burst a mountain lake’s banks. Super Typhoon Ragasa had already killed three people in the Philippines before hitting Taiwan’s east, where more than 600mm of rain swamped waterways and engulfed Guangfu on Tuesday.

Devastating winds and downpours have lashed Hong Kong as Super Typhoon Ragasa carves a destructive path through southern China, leaving a trail of devastation across Taiwan where at least 14 people have died following a catastrophic lake burst.

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A huge and powerful typhoon is headed toward southern China after lashing the Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, putting the region’s megacities on high alert with cancelled flights and disruptions to schools and businesses.

Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, struck the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang on Wednesday after killing 17 people in Taiwan and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains.

The disaster occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the barrier lake, formed by landslides after days of heavy rainfall, burst its banks, inundating Guangfu township.

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