Typhoon, Philippines and Fung-wong
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At least 204 people are now known to have died in the Philippines as a result of the earlier storm, while more than 100 are still missing. Five people also died in Vietnam, where strong winds uprooted trees, tore off roofs, and smashed large windows.
“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.
Typhoon Fung-wong triggered floods and landslides, cut power to entire provinces and killed at least four people, including two children, before barreling out of the Philippines on Monday.
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.
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.
Five days after being battered by Typhoon Kalmaegi, the Philippines was then hit by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan.
Physical: Asia featured eight teams representing different nations, with four women coming from Filipino backgrounds, two from Team Philippines, and one each from Indonesia and Australia.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines declared a state of national calamity on Thursday, as the Asian nation continues to reel from the devastation caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi.