Year's most violent storm brings devastation to HK, Macao

Typhoon Mangkhut, reportedly the world's most intense storm this year, left a swath of floods, property damage and injuries in its wake as it slammed into the Pearl River Delta region on Sunday.

The storm brought several cities in southern China nearly to a standstill, after killing 59 people as it tore through the northern Philippines.

At its strongest, Mangkhut packed sustained winds of up to 189 kilometers per hour with maximum gusts above 230 km/h, as it skirted Hong Kong toward the western delta area, bringing fierce rain.