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Typhoon Fung-wong Kills 18 in Philippines as Taiwan Reports Flooding and Evacuations

Officials expect weeks-long efforts to restore roads, power, communications.

Overview

  • Fung-wong struck eastern Luzon on Sunday as a super typhoon with a radius spanning much of the archipelago.
  • Authorities report large-scale displacement, with more than 1.4 million people leaving their homes and about 318,000 staying in emergency shelters.
  • Hundreds of villages saw flooding, a town of about 6,000 in Isabela was cut off, and parts of Nueva Vizcaya remained isolated.
  • Power and transport suffered broad disruptions, including damaged high-voltage lines, province-wide outages, canceled flights, and port closures that stranded over 6,000 travelers.
  • Taiwan recorded heavy flooding, more than 8,300 evacuations, and at least 51 injuries, and forecasters say the weakening system is tracking toward Vietnam.