Super Typhoon Fung-wong has hit the northeastern shores of the Philippines on November 9, with winds as strong as 185 km/hour, killing at least two people and displacing over 1 million people from flood and landslide prone areas, AP reported citing officials.

The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong could cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1,800-kilometer (1,118-mile) -wide rain and wind band, forecasters said. It approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi , which left at least 224 people dead in central provinces on Tuesday before pummelling Vietnam, where at least five were killed.

Tropical cyclones with sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) or higher are categorised in the

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