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Typhoon Ragasa: Preparation of supplies before storm approaches

  • By: AO Wei Ying Vinci、MA Tsz Chiu OscarEdited by: NG Natasha Goa Sheng
  • 2025-09-23

Residents in Hong Kong rushed to markets to purchase food and supplies on Monday and Tuesday, before the arrival of Super Typhoon Ragasa. 

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the T8 signal at 2:20pm on Tuesday, after a pre-T8 announcement on Monday when the T1 and T3 signals were hoisted.

Markets were packed with people wanting to stock up food and supplies in advance before stores close. Products including bread, vegetables and fresh meat ran out of stock in many stores. 

As of 8:45pm on Tuesday, the Observatory estimated that Ragasa will be closest to Hong Kong on Wednesday morning. Higher signals will be considered for issuance from 11pm on Tuesday to 3am the following day.

Our reporters visited markets and supermarkets in Kowloon, Sha Tin and Tai Po to capture how locals prepare for the storm.

Citizens flock to Lok Fu Market on Monday for food supplies as the T1 signal is hoisted, before Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong in the coming two days. (Photo credit: Vinci Ao Wei-ying)
Uncle Oi (red t-shirt), a vegetable retailer at Lok Fu Market who only gives his nickname, says his store will remain open on Tuesday while stocks last and will not be affected by the hoisting of T8 signal. (Photo credit: Vinci Ao Wei-ying)
Uncle Oi, a vegetable retailer at Lok Fu Market who only gives his nickname, says there is a 30% price markup on the vegetables he sold on Monday, before Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong. (Photo credit: Vinci Ao Wei-ying)
Stocks at a vegetable stall in Lok Fu Market are emptied by 6pm on Monday. (Photo credit: Vinci Ao Wei-ying)
Another market in Sha Tin, the Wo Che Market, is packed with customers at around 6pm on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
Only a small amount of fresh seafood is left in this fish stall in Wo Che Market on Monday evening. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
Helen Ng (second from left), a market vendor in Kwong Fuk Market, said the number of customers on Tuesday morning is as many as the day before. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
A vegetable store with empty baskets in Wo Che Market. Some nearby stores sold out all their products by 10:30am on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
People line up for checkout at a supermarket in Wo Che Estate on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
A woman looks at processed meat products on a half-empty shelf at a supermarket in Lek Yuen Estate on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
An entire shelf of fresh vegetables is sold out at a supermarket in Wo Che Estate on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)
Just one banana is left on the shelf at a supermarket in Wo Che Estate on Monday. (Photo credit: Oscar Ma Tsz-chiu)

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