Revealed On 9 Nov 2025
Tremendous Storm Fung-wong, essentially the most highly effective storm to threaten the Philippines this yr, has begun battering its northeastern coast, killing at the very least one particular person thus far, disrupting energy and forcing almost a million folks to evacuate as authorities urgently name for residents in high-risk areas to hunt speedy shelter.
With an infinite 1,600km (994-mile) rain and wind band able to affecting two-thirds of the archipelago, Fung-wong is putting because the nation nonetheless is struggling to recuperate from Storm Kalmaegi, which killed at the very least 224 folks in central provinces on Tuesday earlier than shifting on to Vietnam, the place it killed 5 extra folks.
Fung-wong might make landfall on the principle island of Luzon as early as Sunday evening. Greater than 916,860 residents have fled weak areas in northeastern provinces, together with the Bicol area, which faces twin threats from cyclones and potential mudflows from the Mayon volcano.
Throughout a televised tackle on Saturday, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr, who coordinates catastrophe response, warned of Fung-wong’s probably catastrophic influence. The storm threatens huge areas, together with the already devastated Cebu province and metropolitan Manila, the nation’s capital and monetary hub.
The storm, the twenty first to hit the Philippines this yr, has sustained winds of 185km/h (115mph) and gusts as excessive as 230km/h (140mph).
In response to the Workplace of Civil Defence, greater than 30 million folks might be uncovered to Fung-wong’s hazards. Whereas the Philippines hasn’t requested worldwide assist after Kalmaegi, Teodoro indicated that the US and Japan could present help.
As Fung-wong approached, a number of japanese communities skilled energy outages, reported Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro, deputy administrator of the Workplace of Civil Defence.
Northern provinces within the storm’s projected path have closed colleges and most authorities places of work for Monday and Tuesday. Transportation disruptions included 325 cancelled home flights, 61 worldwide flight cancellations and greater than 6,600 folks stranded at 109 seaports the place maritime journey has been suspended.
