Hong Kong reopens after world’s strongest Typhoon Ragasa

Hong Kong resumed flights out of its worldwide airport on Thursday (September 25, 2025) after a 36-hour suspension, reopening companies, transportation providers and a few faculties after the world’s strongest tropical cyclone this 12 months lashed the monetary hub.

Ragasa introduced the densely populated metropolis to a standstill from Tuesday afternoon, after sweeping by way of the northern Philippines and Taiwan the place it killed 14, earlier than making landfall on the southern Chinese metropolis of Yangjiang on Wednesday.

More than 100 individuals had been injured in Hong Kong, the place authorities imposed the very best hurricane sign 10 for many of Wednesday.

On Thursday, the observatory maintained its second-lowest hurricane sign 3, retaining kindergartens and a few faculties shut as Ragasa moved away from town and weakened right into a tropical storm.

Huge waves crashed over areas of Hong Kong’s jap and southern shoreline on Wednesday, with widespread flooding submerging some roads and residential properties.

Seawater surged by way of the Fullerton resort on the island’s south, shattering glass doorways and inundating the foyer. No accidents had been reported and the resort mentioned providers had been working as regular.

Hong Kong’s Airport Authority mentioned airways would progressively resume flights ranging from 6 a.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday, with all three runways working concurrently. “It is anticipated that flights will be scheduled until late into late night tomorrow, handling over 1,000 flights at the normal level,” it mentioned, including that it anticipated airport operations to be busy on Thursday and Friday.

Authorities mentioned they had been urgently repairing collapsed roads, attempting to clear greater than 1,000 fallen timber and reply to round 85 circumstances of flooding.

Prior to Ragasa’s arrival, authorities handed out sandbags on Monday for residents to bolster their properties in low-lying areas, whereas many individuals stockpiled day by day requirements, main to reveal grocery store cabinets and surging recent vegetable costs.