Super Typhoon Ragasa

September 25, 2025 2:38 PM

Taiwan looks for missing after Super Typhoon Ragasa, questions persist on evacuations

Taiwan searched on Thursday for 22 people missing after a strong typhoon flooded a lake above a small town on its remote east coast, leading to a disaster as many victims were too elderly to follow evacuation guidance to go upstairs in their homes. The deaths, their tally revised down to 14 from 17, followed heavy rains brought by the outer bands of Super Typhoon Ragasa to Hualien county, causing a barrier lake in the mountains to overflow and release a wall of water on the town of Guangfu. Su...

September 23, 2025 1:25 PM

Hong Kong shuts down ahead of world’s biggest typhoon this year

Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday. People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, as panic buying set in and residents stocked up on necessities for fear that shops could be closed for two days. Windows in homes and businesses across the city were taped up, with residents hoping it ...

September 22, 2025 3:28 PM

Super Typhoon Ragasa barrels through northern Philippines, triggers alerts across region

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered the Philippines disaster response agency to go on full alert and mobilise all government agencies as Super Typhoon Ragasa threatened the north of the country and set off storm alerts across East and Southeast Asia. Packing winds of 215 kph (134 mph) and gusts of up to 295 kph (160 mph), Ragasa made landfall in Calayan Island in Cagayan province, raising the risk of storm surges exceeding three metres (nine feet), the state weather agency said. The Babuyan ...