# Flights have been cancelled, schools and businesses have closed, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as one of the strongest typhoons of recent years approaches southern China and Hong Kong. Super Typhoon Ragasa, with winds near its centre of around 220 kilometres per hour, is travelling across the South China Sea towards the Guangdong province. Ragasa is expected to make landfall on Wednesday. Water levels in coastal areas could see rises of up to two metres. Ragasa has already caused major evacuations when it swept over Taiwan and the Philippines.
Thousands flee homes as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong