On November 9th at 2:00pm, Typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall in the Philippines. The Fung-Wong Typhoon first hit the Aurora province in Luzon before travelling east through the Pacific Ocean. The province is one of the most populated in the Philippines. Over 900,000 residents had to be evacuated to the 15 different regions before it made landfall. It is unknown if the majority of the evacuations were successful or not.
The winds from Fung-Wong are said to have reached up to 115mph with gusts of 143mph causing destruction wherever it went according to the relief organization in charge of the relief efforts. Many people were sheltered in the sports centre as Fung-Wong swept across the island. After the destruction, the Filipino government declared that they were in a state of calamity. The reasoning behind this is so they could access more funds to help supply food and shelter to families that had lost their homes in the storm.
The typhoon caused many injuries and casualties. From just this disaster 27 casualties were confirmed and they are still looking through the rubble for more bodies. This also affected 1.4 million people who were displaced across the Philippines. All the people being displaced caused problems for housing. Because of the typhoon nearly 800,000 people are looking for homeless shelters to where they can stay. But there’s so little housing and space these people don’t have anywhere to go.
The typhoon didn’t just cause many casualties in the Philippines, it also caused a lot of damage. The winds on the typhoon reached 115 mph. This typhoon proceeded to break over 40,000 houses in the Philippines. The typhoon also proceeded to take out schools and hospitals, basically making the Philippines a mess. Roads are not even driveable because of all the landslides from the damage. This also caused cities and towns to lose their power. Because the power plants got destroyed and damaged. Relief efforts have already been put into effect with US military forces transporting 10,000 family food packs for families that have lost their homes.
