Heavy rain from Super Typhoon Ragasa burst a lake on the east coast of Taiwan on Tuesday (September 23), with the deluge breaking a bridge and causing flooding in surrounding villages.
Hong Kong canceled hundreds of flights, Macau shuttered casinos and the city of Shenzhen plans to evacuate 400,000 people.
Floodwater spilling down the mountains in Hualien County ripped apart the Provincial Highway 9 bridge between Fenglin and Guangfu.