According to the Korea Meteorological Agency, a super typhoon that was evacuated by thousands of people in the Philippines has been weakened.
Super Typhoon Ragasa landed on Monday 15:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Panuitan Islands, one of the Babuyan Islands in northern Cagayan. Ragasa, which packs 285 km/h (177 mph) wind gusts, is expected to be a barrel to the southern part of China.
The Philippine Meteorological Bureau still said, despite the small changes of the robbery, “there is a high risk of a threatening stormy tsunami.”
The authorities warned of broad floods, landslides, housing and infrastructure damage.
Many local schools and government offices, including the capital Manila, have been closed.
Ragasa is the Batanes or Babuyan Islands Made Landfall has about 20,000 people, many of which are poverty.
Herbert Singun’s information officer, Calayan, said in one of the islands that the lump of Agency France Presse (AFP) was torn and landed at an evacuation center about 30 meters away, causing a slight injury.
“Can you see coconut trees shaking from afar?” He asked during a video call. “There were eight people before. Now only four people are still standing. It shows how strong this typhoon is.”
The island is about 740 km (460 miles) of Taiwan and about 300 people from Hualien, the County in East.
Ragasa is unlikely to be hit directly in Taiwan, but it will be drenched on a large eastern coast.
The forest areas and natural promenades in southern and eastern Taiwan have been closed from the beginning of Monday, and some ferry services have been suspended.
Getty imageSuper typhoons are the same as category 5 hurricane.
Authorities in Guangdong, China advised residents to prepare “fatal” and “large -scale disasters.” The authorities said on Tuesday that heavy rains and strong winds will be felt early on Tuesday.
The authorities in Shenzhen, a Chinese city, said they plan to evacuate 400,000 more than the typhoon.
In the Baoan district of the city, the staff of an abnormally caught supermarket staff said AFP bread was already sold out at noon on Monday. “This is not usually this,” he said.
In Hong Kong, the authorities said the weather said it would “worsen quickly,” and the Education Bureau is deliberating about school preparation.
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific said that it will cancel the 500 flights that will leave the city at 18:00 tomorrow, and Hong Kong airlines will stop departing from the city.
Ragasa, known as NANDO in the Philippines, is widespread due to the widespread floods of Southeast Asian countries.
Tens of thousands of people protested the whole country on Sundays about the corruption of the government, accused of seriously lacking flood control infrastructure.
Additional report of Martin Yip in Hong Kong
