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Super Typhoon Ragasa caused flooding and structural damage at the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel and injured 56 people citywide, officials said.
- Super Typhoon Ragasa struck Hong Kong on September 24, 2025, causing severe flooding and wind damage across the city, including at the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel.
- Ragasa reached hurricane-force winds and led the Hong Kong Observatory to hoist its highest storm signal, T10, early on Wednesday before downgrading it to T8 in the afternoon.
- The storm uprooted trees in multiple districts such as Kowloon Tong and Oi Man Estate, tore off part of a residential façade at Bellagio estate in Sham Tseng, and flooded areas including Heng Fa Chuen and Sha Tin.
- Videos widely circulated on social media showed waves smashing the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel’s glass doors and flooding the lobby, with floodwater reaching a man’s knee while hotel staff urged evacuation and no injuries were reported.
- The typhoon caused 56 injuries treated at A&E, forced school closures, flight cancellations, and 791 people sought shelter in 50 temporary centers, indicating widespread disruption and emergency response activation.
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Super Typhoon Ragasa has wreaked havoc in Hong Kong, where a huge wave of water broke through the glass doors of the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Aberdeen, immediately flooding the reception area, according to the Daily Mail.
This is the terrifying moment a huge wall of water smashed through the doors of a hotel as super typhoon Ragasa continues to batter Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. In footage shared on Facebook, a huge wave of water dramatically smashed through the glass doors of the Fullerton Ocean Park hotel in Aberdeen, Hong Kong, immediately flooding the lobby. People can be heard screaming and clinging to furniture in an attempt to avoid being swept a…
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