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Ragasa Weakens to Tropical Storm as Southern China Cleans Up and Vietnam Braces

Taiwan lowers its death toll to 14 after floodwaters from a barrier lake devastated Hualien.

Overview

  • Ragasa made landfall near Hailing Island in Yangjiang with peak center winds around 145 km/h, then weakened and came ashore again in Beihai, Guangxi as a tropical storm moving west toward Vietnam.
  • Vietnam’s prime minister ordered preparations to protect infrastructure and ready evacuations, with some flights adjusted and tree‑trimming underway in northern provinces.
  • Hong Kong downgraded its warnings, reopened businesses and resumed flights with all runways operating, after more than 100 people were treated for injuries and widespread coastal flooding was reported.
  • Guangdong relocated about 2–2.2 million people, reported more than 50,000 trees down in Yangjiang and power outages for over 56,000 households, and authorities earmarked 150 million yuan for relief as roughly 1,000 flights were disrupted.
  • In the Philippines, officials reported at least 11 deaths, including seven fishermen who drowned after their boat capsized off Cagayan, with some people still unaccounted for.