All flights will be halted from 6 p.m. on Sept. 23 through 6 a.m. on Sept. 25 as Super Typhoon Ragasa bears down, people familiar with the matter said.

Forecaster issues T3 signal at 9.40pm, with warning to be upgraded to T8 at 2.20pm on Tuesday.

Forecaster says Ragasa is expected to enter northern part of South China Sea on Monday in ‘extensive’ circulation and at ‘relatively high’ speed.