Wall of water smashes through Hong Kong hotel as guests flee Typhoon Ragas in panic
Typhoon waves shatter glass doors and flood Hong Kong hotel lobby
- Waves from Typhoon Ragasa shattered glass doors and flooded the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong on Wednesday, sweeping away staff.
- Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful storm recorded this year with peak winds of 270km/h, first made landfall in the Philippines on Monday.
- The superstorm subsequently travelled across the South China Sea, battering Hong Kong, Macau, and southern China with heavy winds and rain.
- At least 17 people were killed in Taiwan and 10 in the Philippines, with dozens more reported missing due to the typhoon.
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