Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in China after at least 15 murder in Taiwan
This year, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone, Typhoon Ragasa, on Wednesday, killed 15 people in Taiwan in southern China and killed Hong Kong with brutal winds and heavy rains.
The fire department said on Wednesday that 17 people went missing after a barrier lake in Taiwan’s Eastern Huelian County, and sent a wall of water to a city.
The subtropical Taiwan, often collides with typhoon, is usually a well -worthy oil disaster system that causes people to be carried out on a large scale when taken out of potential danger areas quickly.
But several residents in Guangfu, who were thrown by tourists in Hulian, said that there was insufficient warning when a lake flowed during Tuesday’s torrential rains when super typhoon brought by Ragasa. Premier Cho Jung-Tai called for an inquiry as to what went wrong with the order of withdrawal.
As it rained, Taiwan, Hong Kong, struggled with huge waves that crashed in the Eastern and Southern Coastline of the Asian Financial Hub. The water went with the pavements and submerged some roads and residential properties.
Chinese maritime authority issued its highest red wave warning for the first time this year, estimating a storm of up to 2.8 meters in parts of Gwangdong province, as the ragasa densely populated towards the Pearl River Delta.
Fishermen killed in Philippines
Ragasa formed Western Pacific last week. Fuel, tropical cyclone from hot seas and favorable atmospheric conditions faster to become a category 5 super typhoon on Monday, with winds over 260 kilometers per hour.
At least 10 deaths were reported in the Philippines, including seven fishermen, who were drowned after their boat, which were out of huge waves and fierce air, and flipped from Santa Ana Town in North Kagayan province on Monday. Provincial officials said five other fishermen remained missing.
Super Typhoon Ragasa on Monday triggered heavy rains and landslides in the northern Philippines, as it caused landslides with constant winds up to 215 km/h and 295 km/h. One of the strongest typhoon of this year, Ragasa has projected to stay in the South China Sea on at least Wednesday, running south to the south of Taiwan and Hong Kong before killing Chinese mainland.
Around 700,000 people were affected by the attack in Luzon’s main Northern Philippine region, including 25,000 people who fled to government emergency shelters.
Ragusa has since weakened to a category 3 typhoon, yet capable of bringing down trees and power lines, shattering windows and damaging buildings.
Landfall on South Chinese coast
After passing about 100 km south of Hong Kong, Ragasa made a landfall along the South Chinese coast.
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and Donggan, who are the largest cities of the storm, are houses of about 50 million people.
The Emergency Management Ministry on Tuesday sent thousands of tents, folding beds, emergency lighting and other rescue supply in Guangdong province on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported, while more than 770,000 people have been evacuated.
Local media reported that some shops and restaurants in the province parked in a bid to mold large rented trucks in front of their storefront.
The traffic police carried forward the crowd chasing the storm under the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.
“The typhoon was really intense, but I had not gone out for a long time,” an electric scooter delivery driver said that the name of Tim and was using his vehicle to assess the damage.
“It’s very fun, but it is also dangerous. I wanted to ride around the waterfront, but it is very dangerous, so I had to come back to the bridge.”
Chinese maritime authority warned of high risk of floods in Shenzhen, especially in low-fold areas, is expected to be in effect until Thursday with alert alert of the storm.
According to the South China Morning Post, a woman and her five -year -old son were swept away on Tuesday after watching typhoon from Hong Kong’s Waterfront, stating that they were now in deep care.
The hospital authority in Hong Kong said that at least 50 people were injured by typhoon, while the government had opened 50 temporary shelters, within which 791 sought asylum.
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