BBC on Luzon Island as Super Typhoon Hits Philippines

Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines after displacing 1 million

The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong could cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1,118-mile-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said.

Super-typhoon Fung-wong starts battering the Philippines – video

Typhoon Fung-wong started battering the Philippines' north-eastern coast before landfall on Sunday. Strong winds knocked down power lines, houses were flooded, and more than a million people were forced to evacuate. Tropical cyclones with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) or higher are categorised in the Philippines as super-typhoons. Fung-wong has winds of up to 185 km/h and gusts of up to 230 km/hMore than a million evacuated in the Philip…

Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines after killing 2, displacing 1 million

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said.

BBC on Luzon Island as super typhoon hits Philippines

Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated.

Al least two die, over 1 mln evacuated in the Philippines due to Typhoon Fung-wong

More than 300 domestic and international flights have been cancelled

Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines after already killing 2 and displacing 1 million

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood