Overview

• State media said Ragasa came ashore on Hailing Island in Yangjiang, Guangdong, with maximum winds near the center around 144 km/h at landfall and a Jiangmen weather station recording a 241 km/h gust.
• Hong Kong’s observatory reported the storm passed about 100 km to the south with sustained winds near the center around 195 km/h, as authorities counted about 90 injuries and extensive tree and structural damage.
• Nearly 1.9 million people were relocated across Guangdong as schools, factories and transport were suspended, some services prepared to resume as winds eased, and Guangxi planned train halts on Thursday.
• Taiwan reported at least 17 deaths after a barrier lake overflow in Hualien County triggered severe flooding that swept away vehicles and destroyed a bridge, with rescue checks and damage surveys continuing.
• Philippine officials reported at least 10 deaths, including seven fishermen who drowned off Cagayan province, with several people still missing and roughly 700,000 affected.