"It was like the end of the world." That is how an eyewitness described the extreme weather from Super Typhoon Ragasa (formerly #NandoPH) – the world's most powerful tropical typhoon this year – slamming into Taiwan’s remote Orchid Island on September 22, 2025. Footage captured showed massive waves crashing onto the shore of the small island, located 90 km off Taiwan's southeast coast. Tsai recounted how the storm’s force made it nearly impossible to walk upright. “It felt like it could blow you