Overview

• Hong Kong raised its warning to the maximum T10, recorded gusts up to 200 km/h, suspended airport operations and saw hundreds of flights canceled, with local reports of about 30 injuries.
• Taiwan reported 14 deaths and at least 124 missing after torrential rain caused an aging lake barrier to give way in Hualien, sweeping away a bridge and trapping residents in Guangfu.
• The storm has caused at least 18 deaths across the region, including four in the northern Philippines, with more than 100 people reported missing and thousands displaced.
• China’s emergency authorities deployed 143 rescue teams with over 7,400 personnel and 2,500 units of drainage and clearance equipment to Guangdong and Hainan.
• Evacuations scaled up across southern China, with state media citing more than 770,000 people moved in Guangdong while some outlets report totals approaching two million, as schools, shops and a key Hong Kong–Macao–Zhuhai bridge closed and 49 shelters opened in Hong Kong.