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China Evacuates Over 1 Million as Super Typhoon Ragasa Nears Guangdong

Officials expect a direct hit in Guangdong tonight, prompting shutdowns across nearby hubs.

Overview

  • Provincial authorities in Guangdong report more than 1 million residents relocated ahead of Ragasa’s arrival.
  • Chinese state media say over 38,000 firefighters and 400 emergency teams have been mobilized for the response.
  • Hong Kong logged coastal flooding, hundreds of downed trees and 62 injuries, with more than 600 flights canceled and schools closed.
  • Macau temporarily closed casinos, while Shenzhen suspended flights until Wednesday night as the storm approached.
  • Ragasa earlier killed 15 people in southern Taiwan and four in the Philippines, with Taiwan reporting 17 missing and a bridge collapse in Hualien, and forecasters say the system could track toward Vietnam and Laos later this week.