Tens of thousands of people evacuated as typhoon approaches Philippines

Residents are being evacuated to safer grounds (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippine officials have ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate to safer areas and prohibited fishermen from venturing out to sea in an eastern region as a typhoon approached from the Pacific.

Authorities warned of torrential rain and potentially deadly storm surges of up to nearly 10 feet.

Typhoon Kalmaegi was last spotted about 146 miles east of the town of Guiuan in the province of Eastern Samar, with sustained winds of up to 74mph and gusts of up to 93mph, and was forecast to hit land later today.

It was expected to blow westwards overnight and on Tuesday and batter central island provinces, including Cebu, which is still

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