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Hurricane Narda formed at 15:00 UTC on September 23, 2025, as the 8th hurricane of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. While it is expected to strengthen further, it is nor forecast to cause any hazards on land.
At least two people died and three remain missing after Matai’an Creek Barrier Lake overflowed twice on September 23, 2025, in Guangfu Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. Nearly 300 people were stranded as floodwaters caused widespread destruction, following early evacuation of about 10 000 residents on September 22.
Hong Kong has shut down, and Shenzhen is evacuating of 400 000 people as Typhoon Ragasa (known in the Phillippines as Nando) moves towards China. Its earlier landfall in northern Philippines on September 22, has already claimed at least 3 lives and displaced thousands, and now it threatens to wreak havoc in southern China. Ragasa is expected to make landfall in the coastal area between Shenzhen City and Xuwen County in Guangdong Province on September 24.
Around 1 800 homes were evacuated from villages in Taiwan’s Hualien County on September 22, 2025, due to the risk of Matai’an Creek dammed lake overflowing.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle intensified into a hurricane on September 21, 2025, becoming the second hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season after Erin. The storm is forecast to undergo rapid strengthening and could become a major hurricane early this week as it passes east of Bermuda. Swells and rip currents are already affecting Bermuda, the U.S. East Coast, and Atlantic Canada.
A tornado stuck northeastern Linares, Chile on September 20, 2025, damaging multiple homes and leaving over 800 customers out of power.
Typhoon Ragasa, known locally as Nando, intensified into a super typhoon 00:00 UTC (08:00 LT) on September 21, 2025, east of Cagayan, Philippines. By 09:00 UTC, its center was located 450 km (280 miles) east of Aparri with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and gusts up to 230 km/h (145 mph). The system is moving west-northwest toward Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, bringing life-threatening storm surges exceeding 3 m (10 feet), destructive winds, and very rough seas.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to become the second hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season by Sunday, September 21. While no landfall is forecast for the storm, it will move east of Bermuda, possibly causing rip currents and other marine hazards.
Flooding triggered by the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario caused the death of a 2-year-old in the city of Barstow, California, after he got swept away by the floodwaters on September 18, 2025. The fatality was confirmed by the police on September 19, after the body of the deceased was found in a flood control channel in the area.
Typhoon Mitag made landfall on the coast of Shanwei, Guangdong Province, at 14:50 LT (06:50 UTC) on September 19, 2025, bring along heavy rains and severe weather. Authorities raised Level III emergency response as the storm prompted school and other closures.
