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Watch live as Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful storm recorded this year, passes through the Phillipines whilst China, Hong Kong and Taiwan go on high alert.

The superstorm with recorded winds of 270km/h has made landall over sparskely populated northern islands on Monday (22 September), with tens of thousands being evacuated as a result.