Schools shut and flights cancelled in China as strong typhoon approaches

Passengers in Hong Kong look at a display board which shows cancelled flights due to the typhoon (Chan Long Hei/AP)

Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday with school and business closures and flight cancellations as the region braced for one of the strongest typhoons in years.

Super Typhoon Ragasa has already killed three people and displaced thousands in the Philippines.