The Philippine Coast Guard said a fishing boat carrying 13 people sank off the coast of Santa Ana in Cagayan province. The vessel had been anchored and sheltering when strong waves caused it to capsize. Six people were rescued, one person died and six remained unaccounted for, according to the coast guard account. The incident illustrated the danger that Ragasa posed at sea even when crews were not attempting to travel through the storm.
Two other deaths were reported on land. Coast guard personnel found the body of a 67-year-old man along the shoreline in Agoo, La Union. He had reportedly disappeared after falling into a river during the storm. In Benguet province, local authorities said a 74-year-old man was killed when a landslide struck his vehicle and three other cars while they were travelling on a highway in Tuba.
The three cases reflected different hazards associated with the same weather system: high waves along the coast, swollen waterways and unstable ground after intense rainfall. The storm's combination of wind and rain led authorities to move residents away from exposed locations. CNN described Ragasa as the strongest storm recorded worldwide to that point in the year and reported that thousands had been evacuated in the northern Philippines.
Ragasa left the Philippine area on the morning after it battered the north, but the response continued. Search efforts for the missing fishers and assessment of affected communities followed the storm's passage. The supplied reports did not provide a final accounting of damage or displacement, so the figures remained an early snapshot rather than a complete toll.
Elsewhere in its projected path, authorities and residents made preparations for severe conditions. Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern mainland China were placed on alert as forecasts tracked the system away from Luzon. Those preparations underscored Ragasa's regional reach: while the verified fatalities and missing-person reports came from the Philippines, communities farther west faced the prospect of the same storm bringing damaging winds, intense rain and coastal hazards. Officials continued to treat conditions at sea and in rain-soaked terrain as dangerous after the centre had moved on. Authorities had to manage search and rescue alongside evacuation and public warnings. The supplied evidence did not establish whether the six missing fishers were later found, so their status remained unresolved in this account.
