Overview

• Hong Kong will raise its T8 signal on Tuesday afternoon, with most passenger flights suspended from 6pm until early Thursday; about 700 flights are disrupted and Cathay Pacific has canceled more than 500, while Qantas pauses services for 36 hours.
• The Observatory warns of a significant storm and sea surge with water levels around 2 metres in coastal areas and maximums up to 4–5 metres in some spots, as schools shut for two days and 46 shelters open.
• Shenzhen plans to relocate roughly 400,000 people from low-lying and coastal zones, and Guangdong cities are suspending schools, businesses and transport, including a full rail halt in Guangzhou on Wednesday.
• Forecasts indicate the typhoon will pass south of Hong Kong and Macau before making landfall in Guangdong on Wednesday, carrying sustained winds near 220–230 km/h after easing from peak intensity.
• In the northern Philippines, where Ragasa first made landfall, thousands were evacuated, power was cut on Calayan and in Apayao, and a Benguet landslide killed one person, while Taiwan issued land and sea warnings and canceled scores of flights.