The Philippines has been hit by a typhoon leaving at least one person dead and three missing, officials have said.
The Philippines has been hit by a typhoon leaving at least one person dead and three missing, officials have said. The north-eastern provinces were hit again while they were still struggling to recover from a powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction just over a week ago. Typhoon Vamco strengthened with sustained winds of 87mph and gusts of up to 121mph as it barrelled close to the Polillo islands in Quezon province on Wednesday. Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated to safety in the region, some of them forcibly, officials said. Quezon and outlying provinces have hardly recovered from the devastation wrought early this month by Typhoon Goni, which blew ashore with destructive super-typhoon force but weakened after slamming into mountain ranges and a string of island provinces. One of the strongest typhoons in the world this year, Goni left more than 30 people dead or missing and damaged or destroyed more than 270,000 houses and shanties, many along coastal villages.
