Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province in China on Tuesday prepared for the arrival of one of the strongest typhoon in the years. Schools and businesses were discontinued, and flights were canceled.
Super Typhoon Ragasa has already proved fatal, killing at least three people in the Philippines and displaced thousands of others.
Who is the super typhoon ragasa?
Hong Kong Observatory said the weather system that carries a maximum continuous winds of a maximum of 220 kilometers (about 140 mph) and was slowly going to the north -west in the South China Sea.
On Tuesday afternoon, the monitoring station closed the typhoon signal number 8, the city’s third largest warning, most of the businesses and transport services and disrupted around 700 flights. The alert level can still be upgraded.
The Observatory on Wednesday is likely to trigger a major storm and maritime growth with heavy rains on offshore and high ground, on offshore and high ground.
Sea levels can grow about two meters with the coastal region and reach four to five meters in some areas, during the typhoon hato in 2017 and similar to Serge during Mangkhut in 2018, causing loss of billions of dollars.
How is South China preparing for typhoon?
China has ordered caution as near Typhoon Ragasa, which affects tens of people and obstructs production in thousands of factories in its manufacturing belt.
The Emergency Management Bureau of Guangdong said Ragasa is expected to make landfalls along the middle and west coast of the province.
A statement by the bureau stated, “Major areas should decisively adopt measures … to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property completely, and reduce the loss of disaster to the greatest extent.”
At Shenzhen’s Technology Center, authorities have ordered the withdrawal of 400,000 residents and warned of severe wind, rain, waves and floods.
City officials said, “Please do not go to casual, except emergency rescue personnel and ensure people’s livelihood.”
Previously, the residents quite the supply as the authorities distributed sandbags to protect low-loud houses. Milk and meat were sold at some supermarkets and vegetable prices, allegedly three times in fresh production markets.
The world’s largest gambling hub, resident of Macau, was scattered for huge impact from Typhoon Ragasa, all Casino ordered to be closed by late night on Tuesday afternoon.
What harm has super typhoon Ragasa has done so far?
The typhoon was swept away through the Northern Philippines on Monday, motivating President Ferdinand Marocos Jr. to keep the National Disaster Agency on full alert and raise government departments.
National Disaster Agency and Provincial officials said Ragasa killed at least three people, with five missing and displaced more than 17,500 in the Floods and Landlides in the Philippines.
Officials said a 74 -year -old man was killed while being taken to the hospital after mud, rocks and trees, who buried four vehicles on a narrow road on Monday in Tuba, Benguat province. Two other villagers were killed, including a resident of the city of Kailain in the North Kagayan province, where the storm made a landfall.
Meanwhile, Taiwan has recorded about 60 cm of rain in its hill east and reported 25 injuries. Transportation disruption continued on Tuesday, 273 flights were canceled.
Edited by: dmytro hubenko