Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s strongest storm this year, battered Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain on Wednesday (Sept 24), forcing the city to shut down.

People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, as panic buying set in and residents stocked up on necessities for fear that shops could be closed for two days.

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