The Philippine government closed offices and schools on Sept 22 in Metro Manila and across 29 provinces. - AFP
MANILA: Hundreds of families sheltered in schools and evacuation centres on Monday (Sept 22) as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
The typhoon, which is gaining strength as it proceeds on a collision course with southern China, was expected to make landfall over the Philippines' Babuyan Islands by around midday.
