Pacific Ocean storm intensifies into year's first super typhoon


  • World
  • Monday, 19 Apr 2021

A satellite image of the typhoon Surigae near the Philippines April 19 2021. NOAAHandout via REUTERS

A satellite image of the typhoon Surigae near the Philippines, April 19, 2021. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS

MANILA (Reuters) -Strong winds and high waves lashed the eastern Philippines on Monday as the strongest typhoon ever recorded in April barrelled past in the Pacific Ocean, killing one man and triggering flooding in lower-lying communities, disaster officials said.

The national weather bureau issued a severe wind and heavy rainfall warning on Monday, saying "destructive typhoon-force winds extend outward up to 110 km (68.35 miles) from the centre of the storm".

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