Thousands flee Philippine coast as storm makes landfall


Tropical Storm Fengshen will likely intensify before making a second landfall in central Luzon on Sunday. - AFP

MANILA: Thousands of residents fled their homes along the Pacific seaboard of the Philippines on Saturday as Tropical Storm Fengshen made landfall, triggering warnings of coastal flooding.

The storm barrelled into the municipality of Gubat at the southeastern tip of the main island of Luzon late afternoon, with gusts of up to 80km an hour, the government weather service said.

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