Typhoon Ragasa Impact on the Philippines

• Super Typhoon Ragasa made landfall on the Philippines’ Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Babuyan chain, at 3 pm (0700 GMT).

• The storm’s maximum sustained winds of 215 kph were reported at the storm’s centre, with gusts reaching as high as 295 kph.

• Over 10,000 Filipinos were evacuated across the country, with schools and government offices closed in the Manila region and across 29 other provinces.

• A larger operation is planned in China’s Shenzhen, with hundreds of thousands of people moving from coastal and low-lying regions.

• Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is expected to cancel over 500 flights as Ragasa threatens the financial hub.

• In Taiwan, the state weather service predicted a chance of “extremely torrential rain” in the country’s east.

• Philippine government weather specialist John Grender Almario said “severe flooding and landslides” could be expected in the northern areas of the main island Luzon.

• The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt, with an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.

Super Typhoon Ragasa is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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