A shop worker tapes a glass window in preparation for Typhoon Ragasa at a store in Hong Kong, China, September 22, 2025. Many shop and apartment windows are taped up with giant X’s, a practice thought to protect against flying debris, but a measure the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says is a waste of time and tape. - Reuters
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is facing potentially the most damaging cyclone since Mangkhut in 2018, as a super typhoon tracks toward the financial hub with ferocious winds after skirting the Philippines.
Super Typhoon Ragasa is packing top sustained winds of 230 kilometres per hour, according to the local weather agency, which is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The system was 510 kilometers east-southeast of the city as of 8 a.m. local time.
