Super Typhoon Fung-Wong: at least 2 die in Philippines as almost a million evacuate
At least two people have died in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Fung-wong lashed central and eastern parts of the country, with heavy rains and strong winds cutting power in large areas ahead of its expected landfall in northern Luzon, the nation’s main island. More than a million people have evacuated vulnerable areas at risk…
At least two people have died in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Fung-wong lashed central and eastern parts of the country, with heavy rains and strong winds cutting power in large areas ahead of its expected landfall in northern Luzon, the nation’s main island.
More than a million people have evacuated vulnerable areas at risk of flash floods, landslides and tidal surges, ahead of Fung-Wong’s projected landfall in Aurora province – as early as Sunday night – with officials urging residents to heed evacuation orders.
The typhoon, locally known as Uwan, is the biggest to threaten the Philippines this year and could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian archipelago with its 1,600km (994 mile) wide rain and wind band.
Authorities warned of a “high risk of life-threatening and damaging storm surge” of more than three metres (nearly 10 feet) along the coasts of over 20 provinces and regions, including metropolitan Manila.
The civil defence office reported on Sunday that a villager drowned in flash floods in Luzon’s Catanduanes and firefighters recovered the body of a woman trapped under a collapsed home in Catbalogan City on the island of Samar.
