Ragasa edges closer to Guangdongpublished at 06:34 BST
Super Typhoon Ragasa poses a “severe threat” to China’s eastern Guangdong province, the Hong Kong weather authority posted in an update about an hour ago, as the typhoon edges closer to Guangdong’s coast.
“Ragasa has an extensive circulation with fierce winds, posing a severe threat to the coast of Guangdong,” it said. Ragasa is expected to make landfall in Guangdong on Wednesday.
As of 13:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday, Ragasa was estimated to be about 390km southeast of Hong Kong, authorities said. They added that they planned to raise the storm alert to category 8 at 14:20 local time (07:20 GMT).
“The Government advises members of the public with long or difficult home journeys or having to return to outlying islands to begin their journeys now,” the authority wrote in a Facebook post. “The Government is now making arrangements to release its employees accordingly.”
