Typhoon Fung-wong kills at least 6 in Philippines
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the north of the Philippines on Sunday evening, killing at least two people and destroying about a thousand houses. The authorities had preemptively evacuated 1.
Ottawa's Filipino community is watching with anguish as Typhoon Fung-wong ravages the Philippines. Members of a local church are sending money to loved ones, while a business in the Byward Market is sending the proceeds of some products toward relief efforts.
Typhoon Uwan (international name Fung-Wong) has further intensified as it moves east of Eastern Visayas, the weather bureau said Saturday. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the center of Uwan
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.