Thousands flee coast as storm makes landfall


Thousands of residents have fled their homes along the Pacific seaboard of the Philippines 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 yesterday afternoon, with gusts of up to 80kph, the government weather service said.

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