China will evacuate 400,000 people over a super typhoon that slammed into the Philippines and Taiwan today.

Super Typhoon Ragasa, which is heading to southeastern China , has sustained winds of 134mph.

Thousands of people have already been evacuated from homes and schools in the Philippines and Taiwan , with hundreds of thousands more to leave their homes in China.

Filipino forecasters said it slammed into Panuitan Island off Cagayan province with gusts of up to 183mph on Monday .

More than 8,200 were evacuated to safety in Cagayan while 1,220 fled to emergency shelters in Apayao, which is prone to flash floods and landslides.

Image: The projected route of Super Typhoon Ragasa, by the Japanese Typhoon Centre. Pic: Japan Meteorological Agency

Domestic flights were su

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