3 w. ago Philippines, still recovering from Super Typhoon Ragasa, lashed by new storm

The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths on Friday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa. Civil defence officials in southern Luzon’s Bicol region said three people had been killed as walls collapsed and trees were uprooted by Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi, which is sweeping west by northwest at sustained speeds of 110km/h (68mph). Evacuees in one province took cover under pews as the...

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3 w. ago China sanctions 6 US firms, Guangdong’s Ragasa recovery: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Southern China cleans up after lashing from Super Typhoon Ragasa Ragasa made landfall at Yangjiang, in western Guangdong, at around 5pm on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that caused flooding and disrupted transport in cities across the province. On Thursday, provincial officials said damage assessments were continuing and the priority was...

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3 w. ago Southern China cleans up after lashing from Super Typhoon Ragasa

The southern Chinese province of Guangdong was mopping up on Thursday after a battering from Ragasa, a super typhoon that has since weakened into a tropical storm. Ragasa made landfall at Yangjiang, in western Guangdong, at around 5pm on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that caused flooding and disrupted transport in cities across the province. Despite the storm’s record strength – it became the world’s strongest typhoon so far this year with sustained wind speeds of up to 265km/h...

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3 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa: scientists warn climate change leads to stronger storms

Super Typhoon Ragasa, which lashed Hong Kong and the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Wednesday, has drawn warnings from scientists that climate change is making such storms more frequent. Benjamin Horton, dean of the school of energy and environment at City University of Hong Kong, said: “Climate scientists know better than anyone else that these events should not be happening at such regularity, so late in the season, of such intensity, of such high winds and of such big storm surges....

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4 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa lashes Hong Kong as it reaches closest point to city

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing now for 50 per cent off during our two-day flash sale. Hong Kong has woken up to a downpour triggered by the highest-level No 10 warning, which shut down the city, as Super Typhoon Ragasa edges as close as 100km (62 miles) south of the city. The weather forecaster, which upgraded the No 9 signal issued at 1.40am to the hurricane warning an hour later, has said...

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4 w. ago Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong T10 signal to remain in force ‘for some time’

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing now for 50 per cent off during our two-day flash sale. Hong Kong is being lashed by hurricane-force winds and heavy rain as Super Typhoon Ragasa edges closer to the city, with the Observatory upgrading the storm warning to the highest-level No 10 signal at 2.40am on Wednesday, just one hour after issuing the No 9 alert. Maximum sustained wind speeds near...

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last month Over 10,000 evacuated in Philippines as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches

More than 10,000 people sheltered in schools and evacuation centres in the Philippines on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the country’s far north. The typhoon, which is gaining strength as it proceeds on a collision course with southern China, is expected to make landfall over the Philippines’ Babuyan Island. The sparsely populated islands lie about 740km (460 miles) south of Taiwan, where smaller-scale evacuations were also under way. As of 11am,...

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