Overview

• Ragasa came ashore on Hailing Island in Yangjiang, Guangdong, with authorities signaling gradual weakening but ongoing flood and surge risks.
• Taiwan revised the death toll to at least 17 in Guangfu, Hualien, with 32 injured, 17 missing and 135 people rescued, according to emergency officials.
• Guangdong reported about 1.89 million preventive evacuations, including 400,000 in Shenzhen, and imposed widespread shutdowns of schools, work, production, transport and commerce.
• Hong Kong raised its Signal No. 10, suspending most transport and closing businesses as storm surge flooded coastal areas, injuring dozens and prompting hundreds of flight cancellations.
• Regional agencies called Ragasa one of 2025’s most intense cyclones, with earlier sustained winds near 260 km/h, and at least 10 deaths were reported in the Philippines.