Overview

• Ragasa made landfall in the northern Philippines with sustained winds near 215 kph, cutting power on Calayan and across Apayao and prompting thousands of evacuations, including more than 8,200 in Cagayan and 1,220 in Apayao.
• The Hong Kong Observatory will raise the T8 signal at 2:20 pm Tuesday, with the Airport Authority warning of significant disruption from 6 pm Tuesday into Wednesday and Cathay Pacific cancelling more than 500 flights, while schools are suspended Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Qantas has suspended Hong Kong services for 36 hours from Tuesday night, Shenzhen’s airport plans to halt flights, and Guangzhou will suspend all train services on Wednesday.
• Shenzhen authorities plan to relocate about 400,000 people from coastal and flood‑prone areas as Guangdong cities announce closures of schools, offices and other services, and coastal provinces suspend numerous ferry routes.
• Forecasts show the storm tracking west across the h ChinChina Sea, passing south of Taiwan and Hong Kong with the closest approach on Wednesday morning before a likely mainland China landfall between Shenzhen and Xuwen.