(BBC News) Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated and two people have died.
The storm hit as a super typhoon, with sustained winds of around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230 km/h (143mph).
The eye of the storm hit Aurora province in Luzon – the country’s most populous island – at 21:10 local time (13:10 GMT). By 02:00, the storm weakened to a typhoon and was over La Union in western Luzon.
The country’s meteorological service warned of destructive winds and “high-risk of life-threatening” storm surges from the “very intense” typhoon.
Fung-wong – known locally as Uwan – comes days after earlier storm Kalmaegi left nearly 200 people dead.
