"Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded Taiwan, Hong Kong and China before moving into Vietnam on Thursday night, though as a much-weakened storm. At its peak Ragasa had mean wind speeds of 165mph as it moved to the south of Taiwan, where it brought significant heavy rain resulting in 17 deaths as a barrier lake burst. The storms then moved westwards just to the south of Hong Kong, before making landfall on Wednesday in the Guangdong province of China,"
"Meanwhile, another storm, named Bualoi, has developed across the western Pacific and is forecast to strengthen into a typhoon on Friday before moving into the southern end of the Philippines' largest island, Luzon. Widespread flooding and landslides are possible and as a result schools have been shut and flights cancelled in the region. This storm will come just days after Ragasa moved to the north of the country, resulting in the death of nine people in the archipelago."
"On the other side of the world, the Atlantic hurricane season has finally become more active with tropical storm Humberto, now situated to the north-east of the Caribbean, named on Thursday, while Gabrielle remains a hurricane with mean wind speeds of 85mph. Humberto is expected to rapidly strengthen as it gradually moves north-eastwards, and will probably become a hurricane this weekend over the tropical south-east Atlantic."
Super Typhoon Ragasa struck Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China before weakening and moving into Vietnam. Ragasa reached peak mean winds of 165mph south of Taiwan, causing heavy rain and a barrier lake burst that killed 17 people. The storm moved westward south of Hong Kong and made landfall in Guangdong with mean winds of 150mph, injuring 90 people in Hong Kong and producing up to 197mm of rain. Millions evacuated from Shenzhen, Chaozhou, Zhuhai, Dongguan and Foshan. A separate storm, Bualoi, is forecast to become a typhoon and threaten Luzon, bringing flood and landslide risks. In the Atlantic, Humberto was named and is expected to strengthen toward hurricane status while Gabrielle impacted the Azores with hurricane conditions, and a third system may develop north of the Dominican Republic.
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