The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa.
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences, and blasting signs off buildings.
Residents in southern China's Yangjiang were grappling with damaged property and power outages Wednesday evening in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Ragasa, hours after the destructive storm made landfall near the city.
At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains.
Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.
A decades-old barrier lake formed by a landslide in eastern Taiwan burst Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains, flooding a nearby town and trapping over 260 people, officials said.
More than 10,000 evacuees sheltered in schools and evacuation centres in the Philippines on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the country's far north.
Hundreds of families sheltered in schools and evacuation centres on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
The Philippines and Taiwan ordered evacuations Sunday ahead of possible flooding and landslides as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached, gaining strength on its way to an eventual collision with southern China.
