(250924) -- BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A policeman checks mooring ropes with a ship crew member at Lianyungang Port, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 24, 2025. Typhoon Ragasa, the 18th typhoon of the year, entered the South China Sea late Monday and was located about 170 km southeast of Yangjiang City at 10 a.m. Wednesday. It is forecast to move northwest at 20 km per hour and make landfall on Wednesday evening along the coastal areas between Yangjiang and Zhanjiang.
China's National Meteorological Center maintained an orange alert, the second highest in China's four-tier color-coded weather warning system, on Wednesday as the typhoon is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)
