Super Typhoon Ragasa: 17 killed in Taiwan and Hong Kong battered as storm moves towards China

Source: The Guardian

Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake to burst in Taiwan, killing at least 17 people.

Hong Kong experienced widespread damage on Wednesday, including fallen trees and flooding in many areas, with the storm surge smashing the glass doors of an upmarket hotel and flooding its lobby, according to footage circulating online.
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In Taiwan, at least 17 people were killed and 18 injured when a decades-old lake barrier burst in the eastern Hualien county after Ragasa pounded the island, regional officials said.

The super typhoon killed at least two people while ripping through the northern Philippines.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/super-typhoon-ragasa-update-path-hong-kong-taiwan-china

In the wake of Typhoon Ragasa, further bands of heavy rainfall will continue to impact parts of southern China, northern Vietnam, the central Philippines and eastern Taiwan with ongoing flooding impacts likely.

The wet season in this region runs from June to October, and much of the annual rainfall is from typhoons and tropical storms.

However, average monthly totals for September are roughly 350mm for the region, but the next few days could bring as much as 450mm.

The ground is already very saturated. More than 400mm fell last week from Tropical Storm Mitag.

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Glass won't keep the water out: