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Typhoon Fung-wong ravaged the bluish Philippines overnight, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 radical and cutting disconnected immoderate towns arsenic residents emerged connected Monday (November 10, 2025) greeting aft a sleepless nighttime to commencement assessing the damage.
More than 1 cardinal radical were evacuated earlier Fung-wong made landfall arsenic a ace typhoon successful the eastbound municipality of Dinalungan successful Aurora state connected Sunday (November 9) night. It pounded parts of the country’s main land of Luzon with fierce winds, dense rainfall and tempest swells done the night.
In this photograph provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers evacuate radical to safer grounds successful Quezon province, eastbound Philippines arsenic Typhoon Fung-wong enters the state connected November 9 2025. | Photo Credit: PA
The typhoon, locally named “Uwan”, damaged houses successful the bluish metropolis of Santiago successful Isabela province. Tree branches and electrical posts were besides felled by the typhoon.
“We could not slumber past nighttime due to the fact that of the winds hitting our metallic sheets and the histrion branches falling,” said Romeo Mariano, who was sheltering with his grandma successful their home.
“Almost each of the histrion branches adjacent fell, and erstwhile we got retired to cheque our home, we saw the damage,” helium added.
At slightest 2 radical were killed by the typhoon, according to an aboriginal study from the Civil Defence office, with 2 others injured.
Aurora Vice-Governor Patrick Alexis Angara said astatine slightest 3 towns were inaccessible owed to landslides and breached roads.
A antheral walks successful the rainfall with an umbrella arsenic Typhoon Fung-wong approaches, successful Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines, connected November 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters
“Assessment and clearing operations are underway,” Mr. Angara told broadcaster DZMM.
The authorities upwind bureau said the typhoon was present moving implicit the South China Sea, and is forecast to displacement northeast towards Taiwan. It warned that a ample information of the state inactive faced dense rains and terrible winds, on with tempest swells successful coastal areas.
Over 400 flights person been cancelled since Sunday, the civilian aviation regulator said. Fung-wong was the 21st tempest to deed the Philippines this twelvemonth and came instantly aft Typhoon Kalmaegi, which past week killed 224 successful the state and different 5 successful Vietnam.
