Overview

• PAGASA issued Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 for Batanes, Cagayan and other northern Luzon provinces and raised orange and yellow rainfall warnings across eight central and southern regions.
• At least 458 families, or 1,629 people, were evacuated to shelters in Luzon as swollen rivers inundated low-lying communities, and sea travel was suspended in northern ports due to 4.5–6 m waves.
• Wipha’s passage south of Taiwan on July 19 led to the cancellation of several domestic flights and the suspension of 14 ferry routes amid rough seas and strong winds.
• Guangdong province activated a Level IV emergency response and China’s National Meteorological Centre issued a yellow typhoon alert ahead of Wipha’s forecast landfall on July 20 between western Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta.
• Hong Kong hoisted its T8 cyclone warning, canceled over 250 flights, suspended bus services and closed schools as the storm approached 280 km southeast of the city.