HONG KONG ― The narrow, bustling streets of this skyscraper-studded metropolis emptied out early on Saturday night as Typhoon Mangkhut, the world’s most powerful storm this year, barreled westward across the Pacific. At 6 p.m., the Hong Kong Observatory issued a Signal No. Waves from then-Super Typhoon Mangkhut, named for the Thai word for the mangosteen fruit, swept a woman out to sea in Taiwan on Friday. “Typhoon Mangkhut is a huge monster with very similar strengths as Hurricane Florence,” said Yuan Xu, an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Yuan Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Source: Huffington Post September 15, 2018 18:22 UTC