Overview

• Taiwan revised its toll to 14 dead after a barrier lake burst in Hualien, with 54 injured and 22 people still unaccounted for, according to the National Fire Agency on Thursday.
• Rescuers in Hualien extracted a man in his 90s after three days in a flooded home, with officials warning that overflow persists and roughly 12% of the lake’s water remains.
• Hong Kong’s No. 10 signal held for 10 hours and 40 minutes before being lowered, with about 1,000 flights disrupted, at least 101 people treated in public hospitals, and more than 900 sheltering in temporary centers.
• Guangdong reported roughly 2.2 million preemptive evacuations, widespread closures, and landfall near Yangjiang before Ragasa made a second landfall at Beihai as a tropical storm; Beijing allocated about $49.2 million for relief.
• Meteorological services reported central winds near 195 km/h, gusts of 206 km/h on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, waves close to five meters, and significant coastal surge that damaged seafront areas.