Thousands evacuate in Philippines as storm nears

The country was supported by the regional authorities for a super typhoon, which was described as a “disaster” potentially, while thousands of people were released in the Philippines.

Super Typhoon Ragasa, 230km/s (143mph) wind Gusts package that packs Gusts, is expected to go ashore on the northern islands with sparse -populated population before withdrawing to the barrel towards South China.

The Philippine Air Office, Ragasa’s highest heights of 3M (10FT) exceeding “life -threatening storm risk” brought, he said.

Schools and government offices in large parts of the country, including the capital Manila, were closed and authorities warned widespread flood and landslides and damage home and infrastructure.

Ragasa is expected to fall ashore.

The islands lie about 740km (460 miles) of Taiwan, where approximately 300 people from Houalien, a district in the east, were released.

Ragasa is not expected to hit Taiwan directly, but is preparing to drown the eastern coast of the island with heavy rains.

The forest areas and nature trails in South and Eastern Taiwan have been closed since the beginning of Monday and some ferry services have been suspended.

Category 5 is a super typhoon equivalent to hurricane.

Officials in China’s Guangdong province advised the residents to prepare for “disaster” and “large -scale disaster”. Heavy rains and strong winds will be felt early on Tuesday two days before the storm is expected to go ashore.

In Hong Kong, the authorities said that the weather will “worse rapidly” on Tuesday, while the training office said that it was discussing school arrangements.

Ragasa, known as nando in the Philippines, comes as the reels of the South East Asian nation, one of the common floods caused by an unusual violent monsoon.

The government, accused of a serious deficiency in the flood control infrastructure, showed tens of thousands of protests throughout the country against corruption against corruption.