Philippines braces for 'super typhoon' Over million people evacuated

Over million people evacuated

FE Team | Published: November 10, 2025 00:34:16

MANILA, Nov 09 (BBC/AFP): More than a million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Fung-wong's expected landfall on the east coast.
The storm, which comes just days after another typhoon ravaged the country, will slam into Aurora province between 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm (1200 and 1500 GMT), state weather forecaster Charmagne Varilla told AFP.
The eastern Bicol region was the first part of the Philippines to be directly hit by the storm on Sunday morning, with Luzon - the country's main population centre - expected to be hit by Sunday night.
Fung-wong - known locally as Uwan - comes days after an earlier storm, Kalmaegi, left a trail of destruction and nearly 200 people dead.
Several schools have either cancelled classes on Monday or moved them online, while nearly 300 flights have been cancelled.
Fung-wong is expected to weaken after making landfall somewhere between the districts of Baler and Casiguran, but it is likely to remain a typhoon as it travels over Luzon.
Over 200mm of rain is forecast for parts of Luzon, even 100-200mm in the Metro Manilla area. This is expected to cause severe flooding and landslides.
Eastern parts of the Philippines have already begun experiencing heavy rains and winds, a weather official said on Saturday evening.
While much of the country is expected to be affected, there are particular concerns about those areas that could take a direct hit, including Catanduanes, an island in the east of the Bicol region, where extreme conditions were reported on Sunday morning.
A graphic show the expected path of Typhoon Fung Wong, which is expected to make landfall in the Philippines between 12:00 GMT on Sunday and 12:00 GMT on Monday, then hit Taiwan later on Tuesday.
Residents there, as well as in other low-lying and coastal areas, had been urged to move to higher ground by Sunday morning.
In the Aurora region, in eastern Luzon, BBC News spoke to Hagunoy, 21, who works at one of the dozen hotels which line the coast in Sabang.
He said police had repeatedly visited in recent days to ensure all guests were evacuated ahead of the storm.