A Filipino girl is carried along a flooded road in suburban Mandaluyong, east of Manila
Philippine forecasters are warning that a super typhoon set to slam into the country’s northeast may bring widespread damage similar to that wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and have asked people to flee out of harm’s way.
They say Typhoon Haima, which was packing sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 315 kph, was tracked 275 kilometers over the Philippine Sea and was expected to slam into coast around midnight yesterday.
The government’s weather agency raised the highest of a five-level storm warning over northern provinces. A massive evacuation was underway in the region.
In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines with ferocious power, leaving more than 7,300 people dead or missing. AP
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