A super typhoon which forced over a million people to evacuate has already claimed two lives in the Philippines.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong lashed central and eastern parts of the country today, with heavy rain and strong winds cutting power in large areas of Bicol, with the largest island Luzon also expected to be badly hit.

One person drowned in Catanduanes, and firefighters recovered the body of a woman trapped under debris of a collapsed home in Catbalogan City.

Named locally as Uwan, the storm is the 21st this year to hit a nation that normally has about 20 a year.

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