Super Typhoon Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has ripped through northern Philippines, killing at least 10 people and displacing more than 1.4 million before veering northwest toward Taiwan.
The storm struck while the country was still reeling from Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left 232 people dead just a week earlier. Fung-wong came ashore in Aurora province on Sunday night, packing winds of 185km/h (115mph) and gusts up to 230km/h (143mph), flattening homes and flooding 132 villages.
At least three children were killed by landslides in Nueva Vizcaya, while two others died in Kalinga province, where another pair of villagers are still missing. Floodwaters forced residents onto rooftops as rescue teams scrambled through the night.
More than 4,100 homes were damaged and 240,000 people remain in evacuation centres. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a state of emergency after back-to-back storms shredded infrastructure and crippled agriculture across Luzon.
The typhoon, now weakened, is moving toward the South China Sea — but forecasters caution that rain bands could still trigger landslides and flash floods in Manila and nearby provinces.
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