Mangkhut was the strongest
storm anywhere on the planet in 2018, carrying gusts of up to 325
kilometers per hour (200 mph) before it made landfall in Cagayan
province, on the northern tip of Luzon, about 1:40 a.m. local time.
After the center of the storm passed the
Philippines, Mangkhut's winds slowed enough for the typhoon to lose its
"super" status, but it remains a very powerful storm system with
maximum sustained winds of 215 kph (134 mph), equivalent to a category 4
hurricane.
An estimated 5.2 million people in the
Philippines were within 125 kilometers (77 miles) of the projected path
of the Super Typhoon, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council.
The scale
of the typhoon could be felt in the Philippines capital Manila, more
than 340 km (200 miles) from the eye of the storm, where heavy overnight
rains have led to widespread flooding in urban areas.
Mangkhut is the strongest storm to make landfall in the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.It's also the strongest to make landfall on the Philippines' northern island of Luzon since Super Typhoon Megi in 2010. Northern Luzon was also devastated in 2016 by Super Typhoon Haima, with 14,000 houses destroyed and 50,000 homes damaged
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