Typhoon Usagi in Southern China

Here are two photos of interest from america.aljazeera.comamerica.aljazeera.com showing the recent Typhoon Usagi visiting Southern China:

A surfer jumps from his board after catching an unusually large wave in Hong Kong's Big Wave Bay on Monday.(Jessica Hromas/Getty Images)

People watch waves hit shore as Typhoon Usagi approaches Shantou in GuangTong province.(Reuters)

Now this second picture posts a nagging question: the big wave is obviously coming, why the two people still standing there not to run away for safety? Are they for real?

By the way here's the path of Usagi that appears aiming directly at Hong Kong and southern edge of Chinese mainland;