Ahead of Super Typhoon Fung-Wong’s arrival on Sunday lashing Catanduanes and nearby areas with life-threatening winds and coastal flooding, the Philippines evacuated hundreds of families, local media reported.

The country’s state weather bureau PAGASA warned that the typhoon, which is called Uwan locally, could bring violent winds, torrential rain, and storm surges up to three metres high.

Typhoon Fung Wong was expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday night or early Saturday while moving generally westward before turning west-northwestward.

Today it struck the Philippines’ eastern coast with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometres per hour and gusts up to 250 kph, causing flooding and storm surges in Catanduanes and nearby provinces.

The tropical cyclone, whi

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