Typhoon Fung-Wong has ripped through parts of the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least two confirmed dead and displacing more than 1.4 million people, emergency officials said.
Floods and landslides swept through communities, power networks collapsed, and thousands of homes were damaged as winds and heavy rain battered the region.
Response teams are conducting rescue missions and relief centres have been set up for affected families. Regional leaders say rebuilding efforts will begin immediately, though access to some submerged areas remains difficult.
> In the eye of the storm, we rediscover humanity’s most fragile truth,
the earth remembers its strength, even when nations forget to prepare.
The disaster underscores the escalating vulnerability of island nations to climate-driven extreme weather, as global leaders gather for climate negotiations elsewhere.
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