Overview

• Ragasa brushed or made landfall over the Babuyan/Calayan islands around midday Monday with sustained winds near 215 km/h and gusts up to 265 km/h, bringing gale-force winds and torrential rain.
• More than 10,000 people in northern Luzon evacuated to shelters, the highest wind signal was raised over Babuyan, work and classes were suspended in Metro Manila and 29 provinces, and power outages were reported on Calayan Island and in Apayao.
• Taiwan issued land and sea warnings, began small-scale evacuations in eastern and southern counties, and warned of extremely heavy rain as the typhoon’s large wind field reached the island’s east.
• Southern China ramped up preparations with Shenzhen planning relocations for about 400,000 residents, Guangdong cities announcing wide suspensions, and Hong Kong preparing a 36-hour halt to passenger flights with Cathay Pacific expecting to cancel more than 500 services.
• Forecasters expect the system to move west through the Luzon Strait into the South China Sea toward Guangdong and Hong Kong, with life‑threatening storm surge above 3 meters, severe flooding and landslides warned for northern Luzon as scientists highlight rapid intensification over unusually warm waters.