This is the dramatic moment a tree was uprooted as powerful winds ripped through China during Typhoon Ragasa.

Footage shows a row of trees violently swaying in the gale-force winds in Guangdong province on Wednesday, September 24.

Moments later, one of the plants was torn from the ground and crashed down, narrowly missing a white parked vehicle nearby.

The typhoon made landfall along the coast of Hailing Island in Yangjiang city at about 5 p.m. local time, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 144 kph (89 mph).

Authorities ordered schools and businesses closed in at least ten cities as citizens braced for Ragasa's landfall in Guangdong province. Local media reported that nearly 1.9 million people were relocated across the region amid the storm's onslaught.

In Zhuhai city, huge waves pounded the coastline while powerful winds uprooted trees under the extreme weather conditions.

Super Typhoon Ragasa, described as the strongest storm of the year so far, has wreaked havoc across East Asia after tearing through the northern tip of the Philippines and Hong Kong, killing at least 10 people in the Philippines and displacing thousands. Taiwan has also reported 17 fatalities linked to the storm.

Ragasa first made landfall in the Philippines' remote and impoverished Babuyan Islands at about 3 p.m. local time on Monday. Its arrival compounded weeks of severe flooding caused by an unusually intense monsoon season.

In Hong Kong, authorities grounded more than 700 flights from Tuesday evening as the storm barrelled toward the Chinese coast. Panicked residents also cleared grocery shelves while preparing to hunker down in their homes.