Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, has made landfall in China today after blazing a trail of destruction across Asian countries with more than 20 dead in Taiwan and the Philippines.

Ragasa struck Hailing Island, which is in the city of Yangjiang in Guangdong province, at around 5pm local time (10am GMT) after storms battered Hong Kong and Shenzhen earlier today.

So far, hurricane-force winds have caused the deaths of 15 people in Taiwan when a lake barrier overflowed and 10 in the Philippines.

Authorities in multiple Chinese cities closed schools and businesses today ahead of the storm's arrival.

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