After undergoing rapid intensification over the Philippine Sea, Ragasa – known in the Philippines as Nando – was a large and powerful super typhoon, packing sustained winds of over 267 kph (165 mph), the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.
Tens of millions of people could be impacted by the storm, expected to make landfall in or pass close to Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, north of the Philippines’ Luzon, later Monday before heading toward the major cities of Hong Kong and Macau, and mainland China’s Guangdong Province.
