Schools and businesses across southern China have closed and flights have been canceled as the region braces for Super Typhoon Ragasa.

A massive typhoon that’s already brought fatal flooding to Taiwan, where 14 are dead and 124 are missing, is churning into one of the world’s most densely populated coasts, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to southern Chinese cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Hong Kong airport grounds most flights and shuts schools and businesses as it braces for Super Typhoon Ragasa.

BEIJING -- China on Saturday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding and typhoon in South China's Guangdong and Hainan provinces, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated in southern China as Tropical Storm Tapah made landfall Monday, prompting school closures, flight cancellations and other disruptions.

The Philippines’s disaster response agency was on full alert as Super Typhoon Ragasa swept through the country, triggering heavy rains and flooding. After sweeping through the Philippines, Ragasa is expected to make landfall in China,