Typhoon Usagi batters Hong Kong and China

Year’s most powerful typhoon makes landfall, having caused havoc in the Philippines and Taiwan.

The year’s most powerful typhoon, Usagi, is barreling down on Hong Kong and mainland China.

The eye of the storm has begun to make landfall. Its heavy rains and storm surge have left thousands homeless in the Philippines and triggered landslides in Taiwan.

Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Hong Kong.

Source: Al Jazeera