Flooding caused by the heavy rains of Typhoon Mangkhut in Macau, China. Here, twenty-thousand households have been left without power, forcing over a thousand citizens to flee to temporary shelters.
Photograph by Photography by Imaginechina, AP
Police officers rush a young girl out of a collapsed school in Hong Kong. City officials had raised the storm alert to T10—the highest level possible—after the super typhoon touched down in the city with winds as fast as 200 km per hour.
Photograph by Photography by Lam Yik Fei, Getty
Enormous waves from a tidal bore surge past the coast in Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong province.
Photograph by Photography by Imaginechina, AP
People help to clean debris left behind by Typhoon Mangkhut on the waterfront in Hong Kong. Both the city and southern China were forced to hunker down as strong winds and heavy rain lashed the densely populated coast.
Photograph by Photography by Vincent Yu, AP
A woman stares ahead as a worker removes scaffolding brought down by the strong winds of super typhoon Mangkut in Macau, southern China.
Photograph by Photography by Isaac Lawrence, AFP, Getty
Residents wade through the flooded streets of Calumpit, Bulacan in the Philippines. Here, damaging floods created a trail of destruction that left dozens dead.
Photograph by Photography by Noel Celis, AFP, Getty
A man directs traffic to avoid a flooded street at the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut in the northeastern Philippines.
Photograph by Photography by Bullit Marquez, AP
The aftermath of the super typhoon in Hong Kong. High wind speeds caused tall buildings to sway, tore down scaffolding, and broke windows.
Photograph by Photography by Lam Yik Fei, Getty
Pedestrians attempt to walk through uprooted trees in Shenzen City.
Photograph by Photography by Imaginechina, AP
Residents living along the coastal community of Baseco seek temporary shelter at an evacuation center in the northern Philippines.
Photograph by Photography by Bullit Marquez, AP
Residents and relatives of miners in the remote mining town of Itogen in the northern Philippines carry their belongings as they quickly evacuate to avoid landslides triggered by Mangkhut.
Photograph by Photography by Jayjay Landingin, AP
Rescuers move stones at the site where victims are believed to have been buried by one of the many landslides caused by the typhoon.
Photograph by Photography by Aaron Favila, AP
A man walks through a damaged corn field in Tuguegarao, Cagayan province, the Philippines. Mangkhut struck Cagayan province with winds of up to 269 km per hour, leaving at least eight dead and sending around 206,000 to shelters.
Photograph by Photography by Carlo Gabuco, Bloomberg, Getty
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