Hong Kong as Typhoon Ragasa carves destructive path- South China Morning Post video at Heating Planet blog

Water pours into a luxury hotel at the height of the typhoon. Maximum sustained winds were recorded at more than 130 km an hour 8 mph 81 mph. Water level levels rose rapidly. Low-lying areas were inundated. More than 270 Fallen trees were reported as the city of Hong Kong battered down batten down during the typhoon. WATCH: Super Typhoon Ragasa carves destructive path in Hong Kong  At least 33 people were reported injured, while 765 people sought temporary shelter.About half of the national 1300 flights daily were canceled, leaving travelers stranded. In the hours leading up to the typhoon, hundreds of people were evacuated. Repairs from Typhoon Ragasa could take a year. Ragasa is slowly leaving Hong Kong and is expected to hit southern mainland China-South China Morning Post-

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[Music]  0:44 The closest that can come to uh 0:46 comparison is Typhoon Manut in 2018 uh 0:50 which passed about the same distance 0:52 from Hong Kong and made about the I 0:55 think uh I expect that it will make 0:58 landfall about the same uh area along 1:00 the South China coast. 1:10 [Music] 1:22 [Music] 1:27 This time many of the citizens uh had 1:30 the experience of manood and so they 1:33 would try to uh be prepared uh in terms 1:36 of um you know taping the windows and 1:39 staying indoors and stay away from the 1:42 coastline and and so on. So uh so far as 1:46 far as we can see the the damage has 1:49 been uh minimal. 1:56 [Music] 2:45 [Music]  South China Morning Pos