200,000 evacuated as Typhoon Kammuri lashes Philippines

200,000 evacuated as Typhoon Kammuri lashes Philippines
# 03 December 2019 16:40 (UTC +04:00)

The Philippines evacuated 200,000 people in coastal and mountainous areas amid fears of flooding and landslides, and closed the country's main international airport, as a powerful typhoon hit the Southeast Asian nation, APA reports citing Aljazeera.

Typhoon Kammuri, the Philippines 20th typhoon this year, hit the main Luzon island just before midnight local time on Tuesday (16:00 GMT on Monday). The strengthening storm is locally referred to as Typhoon Tisoy.

Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan was in Albay, about 12 hours southeast of Manila, and said it "felt like a full-blown war" as the storm hit.

Alindogan said the local airport had been closed and it was still too early to know how badly coastal villages and outlying areas had been affected.

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