Hong Kong braces for Super Typhoon Ragasa
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Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm of 2025, is battering the Philippines with 162 mph winds, mass evacuations, and storm surge warnings.
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'A serious threat': China braces as Super Typhoon Ragasa, this year's strongest storm, nears with winds of up to 177 mph
Millions across China are under evacuation or stay-at-home orders as the storm closes in on the country's southern coast.
NBC News' Bill Karins reports on the damage caused by Typhoon Ragasa and its expected landfall in Hong Kong and southern China.
Ragasa had sustained winds of 134 miles per hour and gusts of up 165 mph as it headed west at 12 mph and the weather agency warned of a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge" of more than 3 meters (around 10 feet.)
The Philippines’s disaster response agency was on full alert as Super Typhoon Ragasa swept through the country, triggering heavy rains and flooding. After sweeping through the Philippines, Ragasa is expected to make landfall in China,
The Hong Kong Observatory on Wednesday issued the T9 Increasing Gale or Storm Signal at 1.40am, and said it will
At least six people were injured and over 7,000 people were evacuated in Taiwan when typhoon Ragasa swept south of the island, the Central News Agency reported.
Hongkongers scramble to move cars out of flood-prone areas, with coastal water levels expected to rise as high as 5m in Tolo Harbour.
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