Typhoon Fung-wong nears Taiwan
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Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), hit the Philippines as a super typhoon and later weakened.
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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.
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.
Non-profit organizations and the Catholic church in Toronto are raising funds to help people in the Philippines after two typhoons ripped through the country in recent days, killing more than two hundred and displacing more than a million.
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.
“While Typhoon Uwan has exited our landmass, it will continue to bring rains to Luzon, and our operations to help local government units and their constituents continue,” he said, adding that there was “still danger” in certain areas.
Hundreds are dead after two typhoons swept through the Philippines. A Waterloo resident says the local Filipino community is worried for the safety of their family living in the country.