This is the dramatic moment locals struggled against strong winds during a typhoon onslaught in Hong Kong. Footage captured by Simon Mak shows two men carefully ambling across the pavement while holding onto a transparent umbrella on Kung Yip Street in Kwai Chung.

Typhoon Wipha caused severe weather in southern China and Hong Kong, leading to flash floods, landslides, and disrupted transportation. Guangdong and other coastal provinces faced heavy rainfall and wind hazards.

China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Sunday raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon control to Level 3 in Guangd

Typhoon Wipha, the sixth typhoon of the year, is intensifying as it moves toward southern China and is expected to make landfall as a powerful typhoon between Guangdong and Hainan provinces, according to the National Meteorological Center.