Getting ready: A man tying down the roof of his house ahead of Super Typhoon Noru’s arrival in Manila. — Reuters
SUPER Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 195kph as it charged towards the archipelago after an unprecedented “explosive intensification”, the state weather forecaster said.
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