Hong Kong Reopens After Devastating Super-Cyclone Ragasa
Last update: September 25, 2025
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Hong Kong restores transport and business after Ragasa forces 36-hour shutdown.
Hong Kong resumed flights from its international airport on Thursday after a 36-hour shutdown, as businesses, transport links, and some schools reopened following the world’s strongest tropical cyclone this year.
Cyclone Ragasa had brought the city to a halt from Tuesday, sweeping in after battering the northern Philippines and Taiwan where 14 people were killed before striking China’s southern city of Yangjiang on Wednesday.
CBI News reports that more than 100 people were injured in Hong Kong, where authorities issued the maximum typhoon signal 10 through much of Wednesday.
By Thursday, the alert was lowered to signal 3, keeping kindergartens and some schools closed as Ragasa weakened into a tropical storm and moved further away.
The storm unleashed huge waves along Hong Kong’s eastern and southern coasts, flooding roads and homes.
Seawater surged into the Fullerton hotel on the southern island, smashing glass doors and inundating the lobby.
The hotel reported no injuries and said normal operations had resumed.
The Airport Authority announced flights would gradually restart from 6 a.m. (1000 GMT) Thursday, with all three runways back in use.
