WATCH: Typhoon Yagi slams Hong Kong as storm heads toward China
Typhoon Yagi passed south of Hong Kong, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and widespread disruptions.
Typhoon Yagi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng, was a very deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024. Yagi, which means goat or the constellation of Capricornus in Japanese, was the eleventh named storm, the first violent typhoon of the season, and the first Category 5 storm of the annual typhoon season. It was one of the most intense typhoons ever to strike Northern Vietnam, the strongest typhoon to strike Hainan during the meteorological autumn, and the strongest since Rammasun in 2014. It is one of the four Category 5 super typhoons recorded in the South China Sea, alongside Pamela in 1954, Rammasun in 2014 and Rai in 2021.
Typhoon Yagi passed south of Hong Kong, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and widespread disruptions.