Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm of this year, continues to churn towards China, bringing Hong Kong, Macau, and several other cities to a halt on Tuesday after battering the Philippines.

Ragasa had sustained winds of 134 miles per hour and gusts of up 165 mph as it headed west at 12 mph and the weather agency warned of a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge" of more than 3 meters (around 10 feet.)

The global manufacturing centre of Guangdong in southern China has come to a halt as people brace for the most powerful typhoon to hit the region in recent years. On Tuesday morning, the province upgraded its typhoon alert to Level 1,

Thousands of people have been evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of the strongest typhoons this year threatens to cause flooding and landslides on its way to

Ragasa is forecast to remain at super-typhoon intensity with maximum winds of 202–220 km per hour on Tuesday, before entering a rapid weakening phase on Wednesday and Thursday.

A decades-old barrier lake formed by a landslide in eastern Taiwan burst Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains, flooding a nearby town and trapping over 260 people,

A MONSTER super typhoon packing 137mph winds has slammed into the Philippines. Super Typhoon Ragasa is the strongest storm to hit the region in years, grounding hundreds of flights, knocking out