Typhoon Fung-wong kills at least 6 in Philippines
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Slamming into the Philippines as a super typhoon, Fung-wong brought floods, landslides, power outages, killed at least six people and displaced more than 1.4 million.
While the precise route of the typhoon is uncertain, there is a high risk of additional flooding and the potential for new barrier lakes to form in Hualien’s mountainous interior. In October, a large barrier lake appeared overnight near the entrance to Taroko National Park.
Deadly storm slams into the Philippines with wind speeds up to 143mph - More than one million people have ben evacuated from areas at risk of flooding and landslides in the Philippines
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.