More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China’s Guangdong province by Sunday evening to flee the massive typhoon and nearly 50,000 fishing boats were called back to port, state media reported.
Typhoon Mangkhut sliced across the northern tip of Luzon Island on Saturday.
Philippines hit by Typhoon Mangkhut, strongest storm this year
The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the northern tip of Luzon Island, a breadbasket of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces often hit by landslides.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology increased the alert level for Mount Mayon late Sunday to three on a scale of five, indicating an increased tendency toward a hazardous eruption.
PM Modi today visited a philanthropist organisation in the Philippines that provides free Indian-made prosthesis 'Jaipur Foot' to needy amputees.
PM Modi today visited the global rice research centre in the Philippines and got a briefing from the scientists at the world famous institute.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the opening ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila.
PM Modi on Sunday left for a three-day visit to Philippines where he will attend the 15th India-ASEAN Summit where he will also hold bilateral talks with world leaders.
In a statement ahead of his departure on Sunday for a three-day visit to the Philippines, Modi said it will be his first bilateral visit to the ASEAN member state.
Preeti Saran, Secretary (East) in the MEA, said that during the India-ASEAN Summit, the two sides will review the bilateral trade and investments and discuss important regional issues as well.
Trump announced the news to reporters before boarding Marine One on the White House lawns for the nearly two-week long maiden trip to Asia with stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
India has been supporting freedom of navigation and access to resources in the South China Sea in accordance with principles of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Leader of Islamic State group Southeast Asia branch, Isnilon Hapilon, was killed in a gunbattle with Philippine military.
Police officers killed 32 suspects and arrested 107 in a large scale operation carried out between Monday and Tuesday in Bulacan province
Joining hands in the battle against the Islamic State in the city of Marawi, India has rushed financial assistance of $500,000 (approx. Rs 3.2 crore), in the troubled Mindanao province, 800 km south of Manila
At least 36 people were killed after a gunman stormed a casino in the Philippine capital Manila and torched gambling tables in the crowded space.
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