Flights have been cancelled, schools and businesses have closed, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as one of the strongest typhoons of recent years approaches southern China and Hong Kong. Pic: Philippines Coast Guard/APImage: A flooded road in Apalit, Pampanga province, Philippines. Image: People in Hong Kong stockpiling supplies. Pic: Hana Tsai/ReutersImage: International Space Station flies over the eye of Typhoon Ragasa. Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Hong Kong.