Typhoon blows into Philippines, complicating disaster response after quake and storms


People wade through a flooded street following rain, intensified by Severe Tropical Storm Matmo, in Santa Lucia, Calumpit, Bulacan province, Philippines, on Friday, October 3, 2025. -- REUTERS/Noel Celis

MANILA, Philippines (AP): A typhoon blew into the northern Philippines on Friday, complicating the country's disaster response to a deadly earthquake in a central province and two other recent storms.

Typhoon Matmo blew into Dinapigue town in Isabela province from the Pacific with sustained winds up to 130 kph (81 mph) and was to blow northwestward over a vast agricultural valley and mountain provinces, where residents in some flood- and landslide-prone villages were evacuating.

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