Super typhoon Ragasa to hit Guangdong
Typhoon Ragasa – the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year – will hit Hong Kong and the coast of China with winds of up to 260km/h
PREDICTED PATH OF STORM
Date: Sep
CHINA
TAIWAN
GUANGXI
HAINAN
VIETNAM
LAOS
THAILAND
PHILIPPINES
GUANGDONG
Guangzhou
Hanoi
South China Sea
Wind: 50 knots
30 knots
Storm warning area
70% probability of storm centre
125 miles
200km
SHUT DOWN IN CHINESE CITIES
Sep 24
GUANGDONG
Yangjiang
Zhanjiang
Foshan
Hong Kong: Warnings of sea level rise of 2-5m
Zhuhai
Macao
Guangzhou
Jiangmen
Dongguan
Maoming
Shenzen: 400,000 people to be evacuated
Sources: Xinhua, BBC, Japan Meteorological Agency
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