Overview

• Ragasa made landfall on Calayan Island with sustained winds near 215 kph and gusts up to 295 kph, according to Philippine forecasters.
• Authorities moved thousands into shelters in northern provinces, suspended government work and classes across parts of Luzon, and reported power cuts on Calayan and in Apayao.
• PAGASA warned of life‑threatening storm surge above 3 metres in exposed coastal areas of Cagayan, Batanes, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.
• Shenzhen plans to relocate about 400,000 people from vulnerable areas, while Hong Kong will halt passenger flights for 36 hours and Cathay Pacific expects to cancel more than 500 flights.
• Taiwan issued land and sea warnings, canceled scores of domestic flights and began limited evacuations, with forecasts showing the storm tracking west across the South China Sea toward southern China.