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Typhoon Ragasa Makes Landfall In Southern China—Weather Service

The Super Typhoon Ragasa hit China after killing at least 15 people in Taiwan.

By Channels Television
Updated September 24, 2025
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A man moves debris on a flooded street during the passage of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Macau on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP)

 

Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in southern China on Wednesday, the national weather service said, after battering Hong Kong and killing at least 15 in Taiwan.

“Ragasa made landfall along the coast of Hailing Island, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province around 5 pm (0900 GMT) on September 24,” the National Meteorological Centre said.

In Yangjiang, AFP saw ferocious winds ripping signs off buildings, downing trees, and destroying fences.

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Objects and debris are blown by strong winds during the passing of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Yangjiang, southern China’s Guangdong province on September 24, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

 

For a period of several hours on Wednesday, the powerful typhoon shook buildings as sheets of rain poured down on the city of more than two million people.

An AFP journalist saw firetrucks driving through mostly deserted streets as the winds whipped branches along the road and toppled motorbikes that had been parked along the pavement.

The weather service said that at the time of landfall, the maximum wind speed near the centre of the storm was 145 kilometres per hour (90 miles per hour).

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