affected millions of people in southern china, taiwan the philippines. hong kong was in the firing line for a while. the brunt of the storm although they were still a lot of problems. here s anna carnes. it was billed as the most powerful storm on the planet this year. the typhoon unleashed its fury bringing death and destruction to southern china. at least 25 people were killed, tens of thousands evacuated as winds of up to 100 miles an hour lashed the coast. here in hong kong we were expecting a direct hit. but the city narrowly escaped. it did shut down hong kong s international airport closing businesses and schools as well as hong kong s stock exchange for part of the day. amazing stuff. very frightening stuff. let s bring in chad myers to look at this and what kind of season they re having in that side of the world. that was the biggest storm so far. anywhere in any ocean this year.