Overview

• China’s meteorological service said Ragasa came ashore on Hailing Island in Yangjiang and then weakened as it tracked west.
• Guangdong authorities relocated about 1.89 million people, enforced sweeping “five-stop” shutdowns and opened more than 1,500 shelters, with Shenzhen moving 400,000 residents.
• Hong Kong issued its highest typhoon signal, recorded coastal flooding and infrastructure damage, and hospitals treated more than 80 injuries as transport and flights were widely disrupted.
• In Taiwan’s Hualien County, the collapse of a barrier lake unleashed deadly flooding that killed at least 17 people and injured dozens, with searches and an evacuation compliance review under way.
• Philippine officials reported at least 10 deaths from earlier impacts as the storm swept past northern islands before striking Taiwan and southern China.