Typhoon Ragasa is put in China after 17 killed in Taiwan

The Typhon Ragasa touched earth in southern China, where nearly two million people were evacuated in preparation for his arrival.

This occurs after the authorities said that at least 17 people had been killed and disappeared in Taiwan after a lake burst on Tuesday, causing serious floods in the east of the island.

Ragasa was downgraded from a severe super typhoon on Wednesday But it remains very destructive, with superior winds of 241 km / h (150 MPH) recorded in the county of Taishan in the Chinese province of Southeast Guangdong.

The equivalent of a category 5 hurricane, Ragasa is the strongest storm in the world this year and has roared from the Southern China Sea for days.

Before the landing end, 90 people were injured in Hong Kong while the storm turned its coast, said hospital authority.

The typhoon hit the landing on the coast of the helicoid island, Yanjiang City in Guangdong around 5:00 p.m. local time (9:00 GMT) on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media.

He crossed the continent with sustained winds of 144 km / h and higher gusts. Wind speeds should gradually weaken as the storm moves west on earth, but the rain will be torrential and move slow in the region for several days.

The Chinese cities in the south of Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou – all located in Guangdong – were prepared for the intrusion of sea water from local time around noon.

In Zhuhai, the police patrolled the streets with sirens and megaphones, telling people to stay at home.

Red alerts for landslides have also been issued in the mountainous regions of Guangdong Province.

Far from the Chinese continent, the Taiwan authorities are still faced with the destruction caused by Ragasa, which those responsible have described as “worse than expected”.

Prime Minister Cho Jung-Tai demanded an investigation into the way in which the evacuations were carried out after that at least 17 people died after a barrier lake, formed by a landslide in July, broke out his banks in the county of Hualien, causing serious floods in the city of Guangfu. Others remain missing, said the fire service.

“We have to study why the evacuation orders were not carried out in the areas we asked for, which led to such a tragedy,” Cho to journalists told Cho. “It is not a question of attributing the blame, but of discovering the truth.”

Earlier Wednesday, the village chief of the canton of Dama in Taiwan, who houses around 1,000 people, said that the whole village had been flooded and that many people were still blocked following the breakup of the Matai’an Creek lake.

“It’s chaotic now,” Wang Tse-An at Reuters News Agency told Wang. “There is mud and rocks everywhere. Floods have calmed down, but some leftovers.”

Some geologists have described the breach as a “mountain tsunami” because 15.4 million tonnes of water – equivalent to 6,000 Olympic pools – were released when the dam broke out.

The floods won several key bridges, overwhelmed vehicles and left house floor underwater. Many residents have been trapped on the upper floors awaiting rescue.

Although flood waters have fallen back into the city, thick mud and debris remain, and research teams continue to do door to the hope of locating the missing.

“I am always in shock. I cannot imagine how it could have happened. It is one of the busiest areas of Hualien and the streets are bordered by stores. We are going to these places all the time, but everything was destroyed yesterday,” said Awa, 42, who heads a bookstore with her husband in the canton of Guangfu, BBC.

The couple spent the night in an evacuation center. Hualien houses many indigenous tribes, and the couple belongs to the friends community.

The government has created a center for the response to front -line disasters in Hualien, and the Ministry of National Defense has deployed troops to help rescue efforts.

Typhon Ragasa also disrupted Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Although the typhoon did not affect Hong Kong, the hospital authority said that 90 people had been injured after launching the coast, triggering powerful winds and heavy rains.

The Hong Kong Observatory issued a level 10 warning for the storm on Wednesday – the highest he can emit – and urged people to stay inside.

Flights were anchored and schools and certain companies have closed. The flights had to resume at midnight Thursday, said the authority of the airport.

Earlier in the week, Ragasa has torn the northern islands far from the Philippines, leaving the cities flooded, thousands of people inappropriate and at least eight killed.

Winding winds of 260 km / h (162 MPH) at its peak on Monday, Ragasa would be the most powerful storm that the world has seen this year.

The Chinese weather administration described Ragasa as the “King of Storms”.

It should be more destructive than the other typhoons that have affected landing in the Chinese province of Guangdong earlier this year.

With additional reports from Ting Chiang and Sarah Keith-Lucas.