After Kalmaegi, Super Fung-Wong Typhoon Hits Philippines, Kills 4 People

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JAKARTA - One of the strongest storms this year in the Philippines, Typhoon Super Fung-wong, killed four people. Authorities are now starting to estimate the damage after the tantrum subsided, although there have been no reports of major damage.

More than a million people were evacuated before Fung-wong hit land on Sunday, releasing strong winds, heavy rains, and storm waves on the most populous island of Luzon that left some people unable to sleep throughout the night.

"We couldn't sleep because the wind hit our metal sheets and fallen tree branches," said Romeo Mariano, who took refuge with his grandmother at their home in

"When we went out to check the house, we saw the damage."

Preliminary indications suggest the death toll "will be minimal.

The landslide buried the house and killed two children in the town of Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya Province, local civil defense official Alvin Ayson said by telephone.

This landslide follows two deaths as a result of drowning and being crushed by the rubble of a building.

The landslide also isolated at least four cities in Aurora Province, where Fung-wong landed, Alejandro added.

It is predicted that it will shift northeast to Taiwan, Fung-wong will bring strong winds on Monday whose speed has fallen to between 130 and 160 km/hour (80 to 100 mph), but remains a typhoon, whose outermost routes can rain in coastal areas and trigger storm waves.

This storm is the 21st this year in the Philippines, after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 224 people last week, with five people killed in Vietnam.