Overview

• Ragasa left at least three people dead and displaced more than 17,500 in the northern Philippines before moving across the South China Sea with sustained winds near 230 kph.
• Hong Kong will raise Signal No. 8 on Tuesday afternoon, with authorities warning of hurricane-force gusts on high ground Wednesday and coastal water levels rising about 2 metres, peaking at 4–5 metres in some areas.
• Most passenger flights in and out of Hong Kong are suspended from Tuesday evening until early Thursday, with more than 500 Cathay Pacific services canceled and hundreds more disrupted across regional carriers.
• Shenzhen plans to relocate roughly 400,000 residents from low-lying and coastal areas, while cities across Guangdong, Macau and parts of Hainan shut schools, suspend some work and curb transport.
• China’s meteorological agencies expect the typhoon to pass near Hong Kong and Macau before making landfall along Guangdong’s coast on Wednesday, with scientists noting unusually warm seas are fueling stronger storms.