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Iran blasts ‘ridiculous’ claim from US and Israel. Mexico signals no disruption to bilateral ties.
Ceverino Macob, 64, wades through the flood as he recovers a roof blown from his house (seen in the background) due to strong winds after Typhoon Fung-wong hit Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines [Noel Celis/Reuters]
A man walks on debris washed ashore along a coastal village in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Residents survey a highway in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Flooded houses in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, north of Manila after a river overflowed. [John Dimain/AFP]
A man cleans garbage along a flooded street in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Children sit with their belongings as Fung-wong hits in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
A resident reacts near her flood-hit house in Tuao town, Cagayan province, after a river overflowed. [John Dimain / AFP]
Residents stand beside a damaged house and toppled bridge in a coastal village in Navotas. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Residents salvage their belongings from their home destroyed by storm surges in Dipaculao, Aurora province. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Residents stand on board a truck providing free transport following flooding in Macabebe town, Pampanga province, Philippines. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
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Stock markets surge after US lawmakers move to end government shutdown
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Indonesia makes former president Soeharto posthumous national hero
Activists condemn award by ex-son-in-law President Prabowo, branding it betrayal of Soeharto’s victims and democracy.
Philippines assesses damage after deadly Typhoon Fung-wong
Powerful storm set off floods and landslides, killing at least two and displacing 1.4 million .
South Korea indicts ex-leader Yoon on charges of aiding the enemy
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A woman feeds children at an evacuation centre in Manila as the Philippines prepares for Super Typhoon Fung-wong. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
Residents line up to register at an evacuation centre, part of the nearly one million people who have fled their homes as Fung-wong approaches. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
The Philippines is bracing for its 21st storm of the year, less than a week after Tphoon Kalmaegi killed at least 224 people. [Handout/Jipapad Mayor Benjie Ver via AFP]
Fung-wong started battering the northeastern Philippines on November 9, 2025, before its expected landfall, knocking out power and prompting warnings from the weather bureau of a “high risk of life-threatening conditions” in many parts of the country. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a state of emergency due to the extensive devastation caused by Kalmaegi and the expected calamity from Fung-wong, which is called Uwan in the Philippines. [Handout/Philippine Coast Guard via AP Photo]
Tropical cyclones with sustained winds of 185km/h (115mph) or higher are categorised in the Philippines as super typhoons, a designation adopted years ago to underscore the urgency of more extreme storms. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
Residents arrive at a Manila evacuation centre as they prepare for Super Typhoon Fung-Wong. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
More than 916,860 people have been evacuated from high-risk villages in northeastern provinces, including in Bicol, a coastal region vulnerable to cyclones and mudflows from Mayon, one of the country’s most active volcanoes. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
Authorities warned of a “high risk of life-threatening and damaging storm surge” of more than 3 metres (10ft) along the coasts of more than 20 provinces and regions, including metropolitan Manila. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year. The country is also often hit by earthquakes and has more than a dozen active volcanoes, making it one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]
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Eleven dead, hundreds missing after refugee boat sinks off Malaysian coast
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in Philippines, two killed
New typhoon comes days after Typhoon Kalmaegi left a trail of devastation across the Philippines, killing hundreds.
India win T20 series against Australia after washout in fifth match
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