Storm Fung-Wong left the Philippines on Saturday after killing at least five people and headed towards Taiwan, forcing about 200,000 people into temporary shelter due to deadly flooding, according to The Associated Press.
Fung-Wong had winds of 59 mph and gusts of 74 mph that slammed into the northern tip of the Philippines on Friday, the AP reported.
Alexander Pama, executive-director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said five people died, including a 2-year-old girl who drowned in the capital, according to the AP. Two were electrocuted while wading in flood waters.
Officials have declared a state of calamity in some areas in the capital and in Cebu City in the central Philippines due to floods that have left some parts of the city two meters underwater, the AP reported.
More than 700,000 people were affected by the storm and about 200,000 people were forced out from their homes and staying in shelter areas, disaster officials said, according to the AP.
The storm traveled north and is expected to hit the Taiwan on Monday, according to the State Weather Bureau via the AP.
At least 40 domestic flights were grounded and six international flights were diverted by civil aviation authorities, the AP reported.
Tropical storms regularly hit the Philippines, with an average of 20 typhoons every year, according to the AP. Fung-Wong was the second to hit in two weeks. Last year, typhoon Haiyan struck in the central Philippines, killing more 6,300 people.
Meteorologist Aldczar Aurelio said 10.5 inches of rain fell on the capital in a 24-hour period ending early Friday, the AP reported. That was more than half the amount of rainfall that caused massive flooding in Metro Manila in 2009, the worst in 40 years.
