Super Typhoon Fung-wong has slammed ashore in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to relocate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials say.

The typhoon blew into Dinalungan town in Aurora province on Sunday night after setting off fierce rain and wind in northeastern Philippine provinces all day from offshore, with sustained winds of up to 185 km/h and gusts of up to 230 km/h.

The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong could cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1800km-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said.

It approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which le

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