Hong Kong reopens after world's most powerful cyclone Ragasa

Hong Kong's Airport Authority said airlines would gradually resume flights starting from 6am on Thursday, with all three runways operating simultaneously. - AP

HONG KONG: Hong Kong resumed flights out of its international airport on Thursday (Sept 25) after a 36-hour suspension, reopening businesses, transportation services and some schools after the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year lashed the financial hub.

Ragasa brought the densely populated city to a standstill from Tuesday afternoon, after sweeping through the northern Philippines and Taiwan where it killed 14, before making landfall on the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang on Wednesday.