Philippines: Typhoon Fung-Wong Kills Two, Evacuates Millions

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Typhoon Fung-Wong has struck the Philippines, leaving at least two dead while the country continues to recover from Typhoon Kalmaegi's earlier devastation that killed 224 people. The new storm brought sustained winds of 185 km/h and gusts up to 230 km/h, forcing the evacuation of over one million people from vulnerable northeastern provinces. The affected regions include Bicol, a coastal area particularly susceptible to Pacific cyclones and mudflows from the active Mayon Volcano.

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00:00And more on the climate crisis across the world.

00:03Super typhoon Fumhuang battered the Philippines' northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday,

00:10leaving at least two people dead and forcing more than a million people to evacuate.

00:15The climate phenomenon approached the Pacific coast while the Philippines

00:19was still dealing with the devastation caused by Typhoon Kaumagi,

00:23which left at least 224 people dead in the central provinces on Tuesday before hitting Vietnam,

00:31where at least five people lost their lives as well.

00:34The typhoon reached maximum sustained winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour

00:40and gusts of up to 230 kilometers per hour.

00:45More than a million people were evacuated from high-risk villages in northeastern provinces,

00:50including in Vaikal, a coastal region vulnerable to Pacific cyclones and mud flows from Mayon,

00:57one of the country's most active volcanoes.

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