As Super Typhoon Ragasa continued on its collision path with southern China on Monday, inhabitants of the northern Philippines sought cover from gale-force winds, and the Chinese city of Shenzhen started preparations to evacuate 400,000 people. According to the Philippine weather service, the typhoon hit the Philippines at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) on Calayan Island, which is a part of the sparsely populated Babuyan group. The national weather service said that the storm’s center had maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour (134 mph) as of 5:00 pm (0900…
400,000 Evacuated by China as Super Typhoon Hits Philippines
