September 23, 2025 9:00 AM

Hong Kong braces for Super Typhoon Ragasa; schools, businesses shut

Hong Kong braced for Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world's most powerful tropical typhoon this year, shutting schools and some businesses, while most passenger flights were scheduled to be suspended later in the day until early Thursday. Ragasa, packing hurricane-force winds of up to 220km/h (137 mph), is edging closer to the coast of neighbouring southern Guangdong province in China, the Hong Kong Observatory said. Authorities in the financial hub are set to raise the typhoon signal to...