- Ragasa swept the Northern Philippines on Monday.
- Ragasa disrupts 700 flights, the Hong Kong Observatory warns against maritime overvoltage.
- Macao, Shenzhen prepare for the impact, evacuations and activated shelters.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong prepared for Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the most powerful tropical typhoon in the world this year, closing schools and certain companies, while most passenger flights were to be suspended later in the day until early Thursday.
Ragasa, excavating windsurfers up to 220 km / h (137 MPH), approaches the coast of the neighboring province of Guangdong in China, said the Hong Kong Observatory.
The authorities of the financial center should increase the signal of the typhoon to 8, its third higher, at 2:20 p.m. (0620 GMT), which will encourage most of the companies and transport services. About 700 flights were disrupted.
The observatory said he would assess if he needed to issue a higher warning at the end of Tuesday or Wednesday.
Ragasa swept the Northern Philippines on Monday, which prompted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to order the country’s intervention agency to go to alert fully and mobilize all government agencies.
The Hong Kong Observatory said that the wind-and-off-offshore winds and on high terrain were probably in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the heavy rains that should lead to a large storm and a densely wrapped sea.
He warned against the increase in sea level, which, according to him, would be similar to that observed during the Typhon Hato in 2017 and the Typhon Mangkhut in 2018, which both caused billions of dollars in damage.
The water levels will increase by about two meters (six feet) along the coastal areas of Hong Kong and the maximum water levels could reach up to 4 to 5 meters (12-15 feet) in certain regions, said the observatory, urging residents to take appropriate precautions.
Local authorities distributed sandbags on Monday so that residents strengthen their homes in low areas, while many people have stored daily necessities.
Long queues formed in supermarkets; The prices of closed -looking milk and meat and vegetable prices on the fresh producer markets tripled, according to Reuters witnesses on Monday.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange will remain open. He changed his policy at the end of last year to continue to exchange whatever the weather. Chinese authorities have activated flood control measures in several southern provinces, warning heavy rains from the end of Tuesday.
Residents of the largest macao game center in the world are also preparing for a significant impact, with school closures and current evacuation plans.
In the Chinese technological center Shenzhen, the authorities said they had prepared more than 800 emergency shelters.
The Taiwan government has evacuated more than 7,600 people from the mountainous regions of the South and the East, while transport disturbances continued for a second day on Tuesday with 273 canceled flights and certain suspended rail services.
