Philippines LIVE: Super Typhoon Fung-wong Slams Philippines In Wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi | N18G
Philippines LIVE: Super Typhoon Fung-wong Slams Philippines In Wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi | CNBC TV18 Live from Navotas city as Typhoon Fung-wong blows away from the Philippines, leaving 2 dead and 1.4 million displaced. Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated and two people have died. The storm hit as a super typhoon, with sustained winds of around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230km/h (143mph). The eye of the storm hit Aurora province in Luzon - the country's most populous island - at 21:10 local time (13:10 GMT). By 02:00, the storm weakened to a typhoon and was over La Union in western Luzon. The country's meteorological service warned of destructive winds and "high-risk of life-threatening" storm surges from the "very intense" typhoon. Eastern parts of the Philippines had already begun experiencing heavy rains and winds on Saturday evening, a weather official said. Residents in Catanduanes, an island in the east of the Bicol region, as well as in other low-lying and coastal areas, had been urged to move to higher ground by Sunday morning. The storm passed near the eastern Bicol region on Sunday morning, before making its way past the Polillo Islands on Sunday afternoon. The civil defence office reported that one person drowned and firefighters recovered the body of a woman trapped under debris in Catbalogan City. The civil aviation regulator has closed several airports, and almost 300 flights have been cancelled. Fung-wong was expected to weaken after making landfall, but is likely to remain a typhoon as it travels over Luzon. More than 200mm of rain is forecast for parts of Luzon, with even 100-200mm in the Metro Manilla area. This is expected to cause severe flooding and landslides. Fung-wong - known locally as Uwan - comes days after earlier storm Kalmaegi left nearly 200 people dead. #philippines #TyphoonFungwong #typhoon #weathernews #cnbctv18 #livenews
