Hong Kong is bracing for widespread damage and disruption from the approaching Super Typhoon Ragasa, which is currently churning off the northern coast of the Philippines with tree-snapping winds.

Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday overrode a call by a Bhumjaithai Party MP for House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to resign, saying that was not party policy.