MANILA (AFP): Over 140,000 people were forced into cramped shelters as a powerful typhoon hammered the Philippines on Friday (May 15), compounding the nation's battle with the coronavirus pandemic.
Typhoon Vongfong has dumped heavy rains since it roared ashore on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its path on the coast or in flimsy homes.
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