Thousands evacuated as deadly Typhoon Fung-wong approaches Taiwan

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taiwan More than 3,000 people have been evacuated and schools and offices have been closed in the wake of Tropical Storm Phang-Wong.

At least 18 people were killed and more than 14 lakh people were displaced in this storm. philippines After the landslide there on Sunday.

Fung-Wong, first A StormIntensity is decreasing near Taiwan. There is a possibility of landslides near Kaohsiung on Wednesday afternoon or evening.

On Tuesday morning, the storm recorded maximum sustained winds of 108 kilometers per hour (67 mph) and gusts of 137 kilometers per hour (85 mph). Taiwan’s weather agency estimates it will spread across the island by Wednesday evening or early Thursday, moving out of its northeastern part.

Residents evacuated their flooded homes due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Fung-Wong in Remedios T. Romualdez on the southern island of Mindanao last week.

Residents evacuated their flooded homes due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Fung-Wong in Remedios T. Romualdez on the southern island of Mindanao last week. ,AFP via Getty Images,

More than 3,300 people from four counties and cities have been evacuated near the eastern township of Guangfu, where flooding from a typhoon in September caused a barrier lake to overflow, killing 18 people.

schools And offices in Hualien and Yilan counties were closed Tuesday, while weather officials issued land warnings covering southern and southwestern areas including Kaohsiung, Pingtung County, Tainan and Taitung.

China Activated an emergency typhoon response for its southeastern Fujian, GuangdongZhejiang and Hainan provinces.

Fung-Wong enters northeastern Philippines A super typhoon came ashore from the Pacific Ocean on Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 mph) and gusts of 230 kilometers per hour (143 mph). The 1,800 kilometers (1,100 mi) wide storm caused floods and landslides in several northern provinces, killing at least 18 people.

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The office of Civil Defense Deputy Director Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said more than a million people were displaced on Tuesday, including about 803,000 taking shelter in 11,000 evacuation centers in the northern Luzon region.

Typhoon Fung-Wong is expected to make landfall in Taiwan this weekend

Typhoon Fung-Wong is expected to make landfall in Taiwan this weekend ,Accuweather,

The dead included three children whose homes were buried in two separate landslides in the mountainous province of Nueva Vizcaya that injured four others, officials said, while landslides in nearby Kalinga province killed two villagers and left two others missing.

“This is not an incident of mass casualties in one place,” Alejandro said Tuesday. He mentioned that several people had died in separate landslides.

The Philippines and Taiwan are affected by many storms and typhoons every year.

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