Ferocious winds and blinding rain: Mangkhut lashes the Philippines

Source: The Age

By Aaron Favila
15 September 2018 — 11:21am

Tuguegarao, Philippines: Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines' north-eastern coast early on Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught.
A satellite image with land graphic borders shows the width and trajectory of Mangkhut as it approached the Philippines.

The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the northern tip of Luzon Island, a breadbasket of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces often hit by landslides. More than 5 million people were at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Centre categorises as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts.

There were no immediate reports of major damages or casualties in the region, where a massive evacuation from high-risk areas was carried out over two days.



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