Typhoon Mangkhut, also known as Ompong in the Philippines, began forming in the Pacific Ocean 10 days ago and quickly intensified to a Category 5–equivalent super typhoon with sustained winds of 125 miles an hour by September 11. Its path took it westward, across the Philippines, then into Hong Kong and southeastern China, where it has now been downgraded to a tropical storm after tearing up villages and cities, flooding coastlines and plains, and causing massive landslides. At least 50 people are known to have been killed by Mangkhut so far, most in the Philippines. Reuters reports that China’s meteorological administration said Mangkhut was one of the 10 biggest storms to hit southeastern China since 1949.
Photos: The Aftermath of Super Typhoon Mangkhut
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Read moreA person drives an electric scooter against rain and strong winds as Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreA view of Typhoon Mangkhut from the Himawari 8 weather satellite on September 13, 2018. The eye of the storm is nearly 70 miles wide in this image. #
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Read moreRainfall covers the city as strong winds batter houses and buildings lying in the path of Typhoon Mangkhut as it makes landfall in Tuguegarao city, northern Philippines, on September 15, 2018. #
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Read moreA giant wave strikes the coast during Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on September 16, 2018, in this still image obtained from a social-media video. #
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Read moreStrong winds push waves up onto the waterfront of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on September 16, 2018. #
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Read morePolice officers carry a girl from a collapsed school in Hong Kong on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreRaging floodwaters rise in Baguio city as Typhoon Mangkhut hits the Philippines in this still image obtained from a September 15, 2018, social-media video. #
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Read moreA car sits stranded in seawater as high waves hit the shore at Heng Fa Chuen, a residental district near the waterfront in Hong Kong, on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreParamilitary police officers carry chainsaws as they prepare to clean up damaged trees and branches on a road after Super Typhoon Mangkhut hit Zhongshan, in China's Guangdong province, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA fallen tree sits on a car in Tianhe District, Guangdong province, China, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA man stands trapped in raging floodwaters caused by Typhoon Mangkhut before being rescued in Tarlac, Philippines, in this still image from a September 15, 2018, video from social media. #
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Read moreThe aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut on September 17, 2018, in Hong Kong #
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Read moreBroken windows in a high-rise after Typhoon Mangkhut passed through Hong Kong on September 17, 2018 #
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Read morePanels and debris from a collapsed ceiling are seen with blown-over pieces of furniture in a company office in a harborside commercial building whose windows were blown out in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA general view shows a street flooded from a storm surge during Typhoon Mangkhut in Macau on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreDucks walk in a flattened cornfield, damaged by strong winds from Typhoon Mangkhut near Tuguegarao city, Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, on September 15, 2018. The typhoon hit at the start of the rice- and corn-harvesting season in Cagayan, a major agricultural producer, prompting farmers to scramble to save what they could of their crops, Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba said. #
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Read moreResidents stand by a flooded road in Tuguegarao city, Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, on September 15, 2018. #
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Read moreThe ground floor of a clubhouse is buried in sand at Deep Water Bay in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA damaged factory, partially crushed by Typhoon Mangkhut, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on September 17, 2018 #
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Read morePedestrians pass under an uprooted tree on a street in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA boat sits partially submerged, surrounded by trash, in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, on September 17, 2018, in this image obtained from social media. #
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Read moreVolunteers try to repair a broken cycling path hit by Typhoon Mangkhut in Tseung Kwan O district in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreAn aerial photo shows houses destroyed at the height of Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Tuguegarao city, in the Philippines' Cagayan province, on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreDebris lies scattered in the low-lying coastal village of Lei Yue Mun in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreHouses sit perched alongside a landslide believed to have buried a number of victims after Typhoon Mangkhut barreled across Itogon, Benguet province, northern Philippines, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreRescuers search in dirt and rocks for victims believed to have been buried by a landslide in Itogon, Philippines, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreRescuers use a line to transport a body recovered at the site where victims are believed to have been buried by a landslide near Itogon, northern Philippines, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA resident walks on the edge of a road as police officers and fire marshals clear debris and fallen trees caused by a landslide at the height of Typhoon Mangkhut near Bokod, Benguet, Philippines, on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreRescuers search for residents buried in a landslide in Baguio City, Philippines, on September 16, 2018. #
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Read moreHouses and trees sit surrounded by floodwater after Typhoon Mangkhut landed in China's Guangdong province on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA woman looks on from the roof of her house over floodwaters in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines, on September 17, 2018. #
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Read moreA worker stands next to fallen trees caused by Typhoon Mangkhut at a bus stop in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018. #
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