ISABELA – Typhoon Fung-wong battered northern Philippines overnight, claiming at least two lives and leaving several towns isolated as residents assessed the aftermath on Monday morning. More than one million people had been evacuated before the storm made landfall in the eastern town of Dinalungan in Aurora province on Sunday night. The typhoon, locally called […]
Typhoon Fung-wong
Typhoon Fung-wong threatens Philippines with deadly storm surges
MANILA: The Philippines is bracing for Typhoon Fung-wong, locally named Uwan, as it churns toward the eastern coast, bringing life-threatening storm surges and destructive winds. The weather bureau PAGASA has warned that the typhoon could intensify into a super typhoon before making landfall on Sunday night. Currently packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kph and […]