Post-disaster recovery efforts are underway across south China's Guangdong Province as Typhoon Ragasa, which made landfall in Yangjiang City on Wednesday, has weakened to a tropical depression. The typhoon caused severe devastation including uprooted trees, damaged infrastructure, and disrupted power supply. By 18:00 Thursday, Guangdong had downgraded its emergency response to Level IV, the lowest. Local authorities have mobilized emergency teams to clear debris and restore normalcy as quickly as possible. On Thursday morning, fallen trees and damaged road signs were seen blocking key roads on the Hailing Island of Yangjiang, where Ragasa made its landfall. Work crews operated through the night to clear one lane for temporary traffic. "We have formed emergency teams comprising over 2,000 personnel from the armed police, municipal services, urban management, construction companies, and fire brigades. Our goal is to eliminate major hazards on municipal roads today (Sept 25)," said Chen Haokai, head of Greening and Gardens Office of Hailing District Municipal Construction Affairs Center. Power restoration is also progressing. As of 17:00 on Thursday, 183 major roads in Yangjiang cut off by the typhoon had largely reopened, and electricity had been restored to 370,000 households. Efforts continue to reconnect the remaining 160,000 affected customers. In Jiangmen City, fire and rescue teams have been clearing mud and fallen trees since late Wednesday. In Xinhui District, firefighters used chainsaws to remove trees that had crushed cars. By Thursday evening, mud clearance on streets in Guanghai Town was completed by firefighters and local residents. With Ragasa weakening to a tropical depression, maritime and transport operations are gradually resuming. All expressways and ports in Guangdong have reopened, and Qiongzhou Strait ferry service resumed at 15:00 Thursday. Over 7,300 sheltered vessels are returning in batches to operation according to the direction of the Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration. "Using vessel traffic management systems, very high frequency (VHF) radio, smart maritime systems, and drones, we are guiding ships batch by batch and deploying patrol vessels in key areas to maintain order as operations resume," said Chen Xiaoqing, shift manager of the Guangzhou Vessel Traffic Management Center. SHOTLIST: Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, south China - Sept 25, 2025 1. Various of uprooted trees, debris on road; 2. Various of firefighters, soldiers cutting branches, removing debris; 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Chen Haokai, director, greening and gardening office, Hailing District Municipal Construction Affairs Center (starting with shot 2/ending with shot 4): "We have formed emergency teams comprising over 2,000 personnel from the armed police, municipal services, urban management, construction companies, and fire brigades. Our goal is to eliminate major hazards on municipal roads today (Sept 25)."; 4. Various of workers repairing power facilities; 5. Workers pumping water from underground garage; Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Sept 25, 2025 6. Various of firefighters removing fallen tree from vehicles; 7. Various of firefighters cutting baffle, fallen tree with chainsaw; 8. Various of firefighters flushing sludge on road with hose; Guangdong Province, south China - Sept 25, 2025 9. Aerial shots of port scene; 10. Aerial shots of vessels sailing; 11. Various of maritime regulators using loud speakers, patrolling, talking to fisherman; 12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Chen Xiaoqing, shift manager, Guangzhou Vessel Traffic Management Center (ending with shot 13): "Using vessel traffic management systems, very high frequency (VHF) radio, smart maritime systems, and drones, we are guiding ships batch by batch and deploying patrol vessels in key areas to maintain order as operations resume."; 13. Various of maritime regulators controlling, monitoring drone; 14. Vessels sailing; 15. Various of maritime regulators working in control room, patrolling; 16. Various of vessels sailing, port scene. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]