One million flee homes as typhoon strikes

Storm kills three people in Philippines with winds of up to 160kmh

Jonathan Pearlman

A powerful typhoon destroyed homes and flooded low-lying coastal villages in the Philippines, forcing a million people to flee to safety and leaving at least three dead.

After making landfall in the east and beginning its destructive path across the archipelago, the typhoon toppled power lines, caused torrential downpours and destroyed some of the makeshift palm thatch houses of those who had been left homeless after last year's devastating storms.