Overview

• Ragasa is carrying maximum sustained winds near 220 km/h (137 mph) over the northern South China Sea, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
• About 700 flights have been canceled as Hong Kong warns of significant airport disruption from Tuesday evening into Wednesday and Shenzhen halts flights from Tuesday night.
• Shenzhen is relocating roughly 400,000 residents from low-lying areas, while cities across Guangdong, plus Macau, have closed schools, curtailed services, and opened shelters.
• Authorities forecast water levels to rise about 2 meters along Hong Kong’s coast, with peaks of 4–5 meters in some areas, drawing comparisons to Hato (2017) and Mangkhut (2018).
• The storm left at least three dead, five missing, and more than 17,500 displaced in the Philippines, while Taiwan reported injuries, thousands evacuated, and power and transport outages.