China Prepares to Evacuate 400,000 as Super Typhoon Makes Landfall in Philippines

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China Typhoon Philippines Shenzhen

The Chinese city of Shenzhen was preparing Monday to evacuate 400,000 people, while residents of the northern Philippines sought shelter from gale-force winds as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed on a collision course with southern China. The typhoon made landfall on the Philippines' Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Babuyan chain, at 3:00 ...