bonhomme richard pulled out, 24 hours before the predicted arrival of supertournament usagi. 600 miles wide and wind speeds gusting to 180 miles per hour. it formed in the pacific earlier this week, and tracked west northwest through the luzon strait. 100 families were moved from islands as torrential rains caused flooding. electricity cut and village houses damaged. in taiwan waves as big as buildings smashed the coastline. flights and ferries were cancelled, forcing people to leave their homes. southern china coast is preparing for worst, 23,000 fishes boats returned to port. but the storm has hong kong a miernlmajor asian center in its.

bonhomme richard pulled out, 24 hours before the predicted arrival of supertournament usagi. 600 miles wide and wind speeds gusting to 180 miles per hour. it formed in the pacific earlier this week, and tracked west northwest through the luzon strait. 100 families were moved from islands as torrential rains caused flooding. electricity cut and village houses damaged. in taiwan waves as big as buildings smashed the coastline. flights and ferries were cancelled, forcing people to leave their homes. southern china coast is preparing for worst, 23,000 fishes boats returned to port. but the storm has hong kong a miernlmajor asian center in its. 100 people died and a storm surge caused major damage to the city. today major airlines warned against traveling on sunday and will hold flights in and out of hong kong. thousands are celebrating the mid autumn festival and the storm could cause trouble force those returning, the typhoon flag signals the need to begin preparations and it's told the city to brace itself for what could be the worst storm to hit here in 34 years. craig gleason, al jazee

bonhomme richard, pulled out 24 hours before the typhoon usagi's arrival. it formed in the pacific early in the week and has tracked northeast through the luzon strait that separates the philippines and taiwan. in the philippines 100 families were evacuated from islands as torrential rain caused floodings in four regions. waves as big as buildings began smashing seaside and evacuation of thousands of people. china's southern coast is being prepared for the. worst. 24,000 fishing boats returned to port. so as we can see there, that -- and let me put this into some kind of context for you. this is coming at a time during the mid autumn festival which is a holiday-long weekend here. that is like a category 4 hurricane hitting new york city during thanksgiving. and this storm is expected to slow down a degree as it reaches planned mass here, losing some of those categories becoming a category 2. but it's still a powerful storm. many people are still away overseas meeting family and friends in china, taiwan and other places and that's going to create a major dis