Babuyan Island (Babuyan Claro) endured the eye of Category 5 Supertyphoon Ragasa, a violent monster of a storm. At its peak, the island was surrounded by a ring of EXTREME 175 mph winds. This remote volcanic island home to just 1,910 people as of the 2020 census, with its highest point at Mount Pangasun (3,941 ft) likely saw its small cluster of southwest-side homes reduced to rubble. As of Sunday night (Eastern time), the eye passed directly overhead, which meant the calm came only as a brief p