A outer representation shows Storm Fung-Wong, which has intensified into a typhoon, according to the Cooperative Institute for Research successful the Atmosphere, implicit the Philippine Sea connected Nov. 7, 2025, successful this screengrab from video.
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At slightest 2 radical died successful the Philippines arsenic Super Typhoon Fung-wong lashed cardinal and eastbound parts of the country, with dense rains and beardown winds cutting powerfulness successful ample areas of the Bicol portion up of its expected landfall successful bluish Luzon.
More than a cardinal radical person evacuated susceptible areas up Super Typhoon Fung-wong's projected landfall successful Aurora state arsenic aboriginal arsenic Sunday night, with officials urging residents to heed evacuation orders.
Sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) and gusts of up to 230 kph (140 mph) are already battering galore parts of Luzon with the Fung-wong's monolithic rainfall bands, the authorities said.
More areas crossed Luzon, the Philippines' astir populous island, person been placed nether the highest and second-highest tempest informing levels portion Metro Manila and adjacent provinces stay astatine level 3.
As a information precaution, the civilian aviation regulator has closed respective airports, including Bicol International Airport and Sangley successful Metro Manila.
The civilian defence bureau reported that 1 idiosyncratic drowned successful Catanduanes and firefighters recovered the assemblage of a pistillate trapped nether debris of a collapsed location successful Catbalogan City.
Named locally arsenic Uwan, Fung-wong is the 21st tempest this twelvemonth to deed a federation that usually has astir 20 a twelvemonth and threatens to spot further strain connected catastrophe effect efforts arsenic the Southeast Asian archipelago recovers from Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed 224 radical successful the Philippines and 5 successful Vietnam.
Fung-wong is expected to caput northwest from Monday and past northbound by Tuesday, remaining astatine typhoon intensity, said upwind bureau PAGASA.
By Wednesday, it is projected to determination towards the Taiwan Strait, weakening earlier landfall successful occidental Taiwan connected Thursday. It is past forecast to suffer spot rapidly earlier emerging implicit the waters of Ryukyu Islands arsenic a anemic tropical system.
Authorities impulse evacuations
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro urged residents successful the storm's way to heed evacuation orders, informing that refusing to comply was unsafe and unlawful.
"We inquire that radical to preemptively evacuate truthful that we don't extremity up having to behaviour rescues astatine the past minute, which could enactment the lives of police, soldiers, firefighters and seashore defender unit astatine risk," helium said successful a nationalist address.
Authorities anticipation to debar casualties this time, civilian defence authoritative Raffy Alejandro told a property conference.
The subject has redirected astir 2,000 troops from tract grooming to absorption connected humanitarian assistance and catastrophe response.
'We are scared'
In Isabela successful bluish Luzon, dozens of families were sheltering successful a hoops tribunal repurposed arsenic an evacuation center.
"We heard connected the quality that the typhoon is precise strong, truthful we evacuated early," said Christopher Sanchez, 50, who fled with his family.
"We near our things connected the roofs of our house, since each clip there's a storm, we travel present due to the fact that we unrecorded close adjacent to the river," helium told Reuters. "In erstwhile storms, the floodwaters roseate supra quality height.
"We're scared. We're present with our grandchildren and our kids. The full household is successful the evacuation area."
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