Super typhoon Ragasa kills at least 14 in Taiwan, a million people evacuated in China

At least fourteen people died in Taiwan’s eastern county of Hualien with 124 missing after a barrier lake in the mountains overflowed to deluge a town during a typhoon, the fire department said on Wednesday. Taiwan had been lashed since Monday by the outer rim of Super Typhoon Ragasa, which then headed for China’s southern coast and the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong. Jan Camenzind Broomby has more from the region.