CaliToday (09/11/2025): The entire Philippine archipelago is on its highest alert as Super Typhoon Fung-wong (known locally as Uwan) barrels toward Northern Luzon, threatening catastrophic flooding on a nationwide scale.
Alarming satellite imagery reveals the typhoon's colossal scope. Fung-wong possesses a massive rain and storm cloud radius exceeding 1,400 kilometers (approx. 870 miles)—an expanse so vast it effectively "swallows" the entire country.
This immense size has prompted state meteorologists and disaster experts to warn of a potential "great flood," with near-certain widespread flash floods and severe inundation expected even in regions far from the storm's eye.
The super typhoon, packing sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and destructive gusts of up to 230 km/h (143 mph), is expected to make landfall in Aurora province late tonight.
Even before its landfall, the storm's powerful outer bands have begun to wreak havoc:
Mass Evacuations: Over one million people have been preemptively evacuated from high-risk coastal, low-lying, and landslide-prone areas.
Initial Casualties: At least two fatalities have already been reported in incidents related to the storm's approach.
Widespread Outages: Millions are already without electricity as high winds toppled power lines.
Travel Paralyzed: Air and sea travel has been brought to a standstill across Luzon and parts of the Visayas, stranding thousands of passengers.
Fung-wong is the 21st tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this year. Its arrival is particularly devastating as the nation is still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi earlier in the month, which left more than 220 people dead and caused extensive damage.
After carving a path across Northern Luzon, Fung-wong is forecast to track north toward Taiwan by the middle of the week, likely weakening as it moves over Japan's Ryukyu Islands.