Typhoon Ragasa damage n rescues- wind rain landslides- now approaching Hong Kong- NBC News video n transcript at Heating Planet blog

Already a trail of destruction across parts of the Philippines and Taiwan. Massive typhoon barreling through Asia bringing with it torrential rain, dangerous wind, and landslides.Typhoon Ragasa pummels parts of Taiwan and the Philippines- watch NBC News report, transcript below PHILIPPINES AND TAIWAN. 0:02 METEOROLOGIST BILL KARINS HAS A 0:02 LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND THE 0:05 RESCUES. 0:05 >> A MAS 0:05 PAGES TO GO. 0:06 >>> OVERSEAS, HONG KONG AND 0:07 SOUTHERN CHINA ARE BRACING FOR 0:08 THE IMPACT OF A MONSTER 0:09 TYPHOON. 0:10 IT COULD IMPACT TENS OF 0:10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, FLIGHTS ARE 0:12 GROUNDED, SCHOOLS CLOSED. 0:12 THE STORM HAS ALREADY LEFT A 0:13 TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS 0:14 PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND 0:15 TAIWAN. 0:15 BILL KAREN'S HAS A LOOK AT THE 0:17 DAMAGE AND THE RESCUES. 0:18 >> A MASSIVE TYPHOON BARRELING 0:19 THROUGH ASIA BRINGING WITH IT 0:20 TORRENTIAL RAIN, DANGEROUS WIND 0:20 AND LANDSLIDES. 0:21 IN TAIWAN, AND OVERTHROWING 0:22 RIVER TAKING OUT THIS BRIDGE, 0:23 FLESHING OUT THIS PHOTO SHOWINGE 0:34 MOMENT THEY WERE PULLED TO 0:35 SAFETY. VILLAGE, T 0:37 RESCUES PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE 0:38 PHILIPPINES. 0:38 IN THIS PROVINCE, STORM SURGE 0:39 EXCEEDED NINE FEET. 0:39 THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD 0:40 RACING TO SAY FISHERMEN TRAPPED 0:41 INSIDE THEIR CAPSIZED BOAT. 0:42 THIS PHOTO SHOWING THE MOMENTS 0:43 THEY WERE PULLED TO SAFETY. 0:44 TYPHOON RAGASA THE MOST 0:45 POWERFUL STORM OF THE YEAR WITH 0:46 SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING 165 0:52 MILES PER HOUR, THE HAUNTING 0:53 SIZE OF THE STORM SEEN HERE 0:54 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 0:55 STATION. 0:55 SO FAR, AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE 1:00 KILLED AND THOUSANDS EVACUATED. 1:01 THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO 1:02 RISE AS THE STORM NOW TAKES AIM 1:04 JUST SOUTH OF HONG KONG. 1:05 IT WILL MAKE LANDFALL INTO 1:08 MAINLAND CHINA IN THE NEXT 24 1:10 HOURS. 1:10 STORE SHELVES ARE EMPTY AND 1:11 HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE 1:12 ALREADY BEEN CANCELED IN THIS GL 1:22 VICINITY NEAR HONG KONG, CHINA. 1:24 AND YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY 1:26 ARE NOW TO THE EYE, THE CORE OF 1:28 THE STORM, THE REALLY DANGEROUS 1:29 PORTION. IT HAS GONE DOWN FROM 1:31 THAT 165 WINDS. NOW IT HAS 130 1:32 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. 1:33 >> BILL KAREN'S JOINS US NOW, 1:35 BILL, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS 1:36 TYPHOON IS NOW TARGETING REALLY 1:37 HEAVILY POPULATED CITIES. 1:37 WHAT IS THE TIMING AND THE 1:39 ADVICE TO FOLKS? 1:39 >> HONG KONG, 7.5 MILLION 1:40 PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS VICINITY. 1:41 YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY ARE 1:43 TO THE EYE, THE CORE OF THE 1:44 STORM, THE DANGEROUS PORTION. 1:45 IT'S GONE DOWN FROM THE 165 1:46 WINS, NOW IT'S GOT 130, THAT'S 1:47 OUR EQUIVALENT TO A CATEGORY 1:53 THREE. 1:58 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GAINING MORE 1:59 STRENGTH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 2:00 FRAMES, AND MAYBE TRENDING MORE 2:01 NORTH THAN THE ACTUAL FORECAST 2:02 LINE WHICH WAS SOUTH OF HONG 2:03 KONG. 2:04 SO, SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HONG 2:05 KONG, THESE AREAS MAY GET IT 2:06 THE WORST AND BESIDES THE WIND, 2:07 THE RAIN WILL BE A PROBLEM, 2:08 TOO, 5 TO 10 INCHES WIDE SPREAD. 2:15 SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF 2:17 THE STORM. 2:17 AND BACK HOME, WE HAVE TWO 2:18 AREAS OF INTEREST IN THE 2:19 ATLANTIC BASIN, ONE OF THESE