STRONGEST TYPHOON OF 2018
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- This NOAA/RAMMB satellite image taken at 00:20 UTC on Thursday, September 13, 2018, shows Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) off the Philippine east coast and heading toward northern and central Luzon (left).
- Millions of people are at risk from the strong typhoon set to smash into the northern Philippines this weekend, which could bring floods, landslides, and huge waves to the disaster-prone nation.
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- Filipino forecaster Meno Mendoza illustrates the path of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named "Typhoon Ompong" as it approaches the Philippines with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph), at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.
- Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this year menacingly roars toward the country's north.