NSTworld “It was frightening. The glass windows shattered and we took cover by the stairs” TyphoonPhanfone
Thousands were stranded at shuttered ports or evacuation centres at the height of the festive season today, and residents cowered in rain-soaked homes as Phanfone leapt from one small island to another for the second day.
More than 10,000 people spent the night in schools, gyms and government buildings hastily converted into evacuation centres as the typhoon made landfall Tuesday, civil defence officials said. The weather office said the typhoon strengthened slightly overnight Tuesday and was gusting at 195 kilometres an hour, velocities that can knock down small trees and destroy houses made of light materials.
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