3 dead, 500,000 evacuated as typhoon pounds PhilippinesThe storm is on track to pass close to Manila, which is home to some 13 million people and the site for many of the SEA Games events. (AFP)MANILA: Typhoon Kammuri barrelled into the Philippines’ main island, killing at least three people, displacing half a million more and shutting its main airport. About half a million people moved to safer ground as the typhoon slammed into Luzon island before midnight on Monday. Kammuri is the 20th storm to hit the Philippines in 2019, where about 20 cyclones pass through each year. In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 6,300 people in the Southeast Asian nation.

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2019 08:37 UTC