Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at
By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A second typhoon in a week is churning toward the Philippines, with residents in its path warned to flee the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, follows on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed almost 200 …
The Philippines' weather bureau warned of life-threatening storm surges as Typhoon Fung-wong churns toward the country's eastern coast and is set to intensify into a super typhoon.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, has started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, has started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of making landfall. The storm has knocked down power, forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and prompted the defense chief to warn millions to…
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said.
The Philippines is bracing for Fung-wong, set to be its biggest storm this year, just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated the country. Almost a million people have been evacuated amid high winds and torrential rain.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed into the Philippines' eastern seaboard on Sunday, the national weather service said, after killing at least two people and forcing more than a million to evacuate.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong has slammed into the northeastern coast of the Philippines, leaving at least two people dead and forcing over a million to evacuate.
ISABELA, Philippines >> Super Typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall in the Philippines today with two fatalities reported and 1 million people evacuated ahead of one of the nation’s most powerful storms this year.
The Philippines is bracing for Fung-wong, set to be its biggest storm this year, just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated the country. Over a million people have fled their homes, and two deaths have been reported.
The Philippines braced for Fung-wong, set to be its biggest storm this year, just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated the country. Over a million people have fled their homes, and two deaths have been reported.
Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected late-night landfall on the east coast.
At least two people have died since Super Typhoon Fung-wong — known locally as Uwan — made landfall in the Philippines. Over a million people have evacuated amid the risk of flash floods, landslides, and tidal surges.
The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong could cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1,118-mile-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said.
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.