Overview

• Typhoon Ragasa triggered Hong Kong’s highest warning signal at 2:40 a.m. local time, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, fierce gusts, and warnings to avoid shorelines and low-lying areas.
• By mid-morning the storm was moving west of the city, yet hurricane-force winds persisted as officials reported at least 33 injuries, 270 fallen trees, one landslide and 12 flooding cases, with more than 750 people in shelters.
• China’s Guangdong province prepared for landfall later Wednesday between Yangjiang and Zhanjiang, with local authorities reporting 1.9 million evacuations and widespread shutdowns across at least 10 cities, including a 400,000-person evacuation in Shenzhen.
• Travel was heavily disrupted with about 700 flights canceled in Hong Kong, ferry services and some highways suspended, and Shenzhen’s airport halting operations from Tuesday night.
• Confirmed deaths rose to at least 17 across Taiwan and the Philippines, including 14 in Taiwan after a barrier lake burst in Hualien and three in the northern Philippines, where thousands were displaced by floods and landslides.