The Philippines' death toll from Typhoon Fung-wong looks set to be minimal, authorities say. Photo: AP PHOTO

Typhoon Fung-wong has blown out of the northwestern Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.

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The typhoon was forecast to head northwest toward Taiwan.

Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines while the country was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left at least 224 people dead in central provinces on Tuesday befor

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