Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, brought hurricane-force winds and torrential rain to Hong Kong on Wednesday.
In Taiwan, heavy downpours resulted in the deaths of 14 people, with a barrier lake in eastern Hualien county overflowing and sending a wall of water into a town.
No comment from authorities is available at this time.
Author's summary: Typhoon Ragasa causes destruction.