With wind speeds of 265 kilometres per hour (kph) or 165 miles per hour (mph), Super Typhoon Ragasa has brought torrential rain and forced thousands to evacuate. The most powerful storm on Earth this year, Super Typhoon Ragasa is slamming the northern Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain. It rapidly intensified into the equivalent of a category five hurricane, packing sustained winds of 265 kilometres per hour. More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in the Philippines, and