Typhoon Fung-wong, Taiwan and Philippines
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong leaves 2 dead and forces more than 1 million to evacuate in Philippines
The Philippines is still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi as Super Typhoon Fung-wong approaches.
Authorities preemptively moved 1.3 million people out of harm’s way, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directly appealing to the residents to follow emergency protocols.
Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall on the main island of Luzon, prompting the evacuation of more than one million people, just days after an earlier storm killed over 200.
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Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 85 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake,
Typhoon Fung-Wong slammed ashore on Aurora province in Luzon, the Philippines most populated island Sunday evening, prompting the evacuation of nearly a million people.
Political analysts say persistent natural disasters could sustain public frustrations and anti-government protests.