Monday 18th October, 2010
Big News Network.com Monday 18th October, 2010
Thousands of people in the Philippines have fled their homes as a powerful storm approaches.
A man is believed to have died in the northern Philippines with Typhoon Megi sweeping in with heavy rain and strong winds.
Megi, is generating winds of up to 260 kilometres per hour in the strongest storm the country has faced in four years.
More than 30 provinces and islands in the north have been placed under a storm alert and many people have been evacuated as the fears of mudslides grow stronger.
The so-called super-typhoon reached the country early on Monday with the high winds damaging buildings, power supplies and agriculture.
The typhoon is forecast to move toward the South China Sea after sweeping the northern Philippines.
The last storm of this magnitude occurred in 2006, triggering mudslides, destroying villages and killing about 1,000 people.
Floods have already been reported in the north-eastern provinces of Cagayan and Isabela.
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