Overview
- Pagasa reported the storm’s center came ashore Sunday evening in Aurora province on Luzon with sustained winds near 185 km/h and gusts up to about 230 km/h.
- Authorities evacuated more than one million people, ordered schools and government offices on Luzon closed for Monday, and canceled nearly 300 flights in Manila.
- Officials confirmed at least two deaths tied to Fung-Wong in Catanduanes and Samar as heavy rain, coastal flooding and early power cuts were reported.
- Rescue teams halted recovery work in several hard-hit areas to avoid endangering personnel as the new storm moved across previously flooded communities.
- Typhoon Kalmaegi earlier left at least 224 dead in the Philippines with 109 missing and nearly three million affected, and Vietnam reported at least five deaths and about 2,600 homes damaged.