Drone video from the rice-producing Philippine province of Nueva Ecija on Monday showed flooded farmlands and submerged houses after a nearby river overflowed due to heavy rains brought on by Super Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wong).
It ravaged the northern Philippines overnight, killing at least two people and cutting off some towns as residents emerged on Monday morning after a sleepless night to assess the damage.
More than one million people were evacuated before ‘Uwan’ made landfall as a super typhoon in the eastern town of Dinalungan in Aurora province on Sunday night. It pounded parts of the country's main island of Luzon with fierce winds, heavy rain and storm swells through the night.
The state weather agency said the typhoon was now moving over the South China Sea, and is forecast to shift northeast towards Taiwan. It warned that a large portion of the country still faced heavy rains and severe winds, along with storm swells in coastal areas.
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