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AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Philippines is bracing for the arrival of another potentially devastating typhoon, less than a week after a different storm killed at least 200 people and left a trail of destruction. <\/p>\n Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, is forecast to intensify to a super typhoon – with sustained winds of at least 185km\/h (115mph) – before making landfall on the island of Luzon on Sunday evening local time at the earliest.<\/p>\n The Philippine meteorological service (Pagasa) says the storm will also bring heavy rain and the risk of life-threatening storm surges.<\/p>\n Several schools have either cancelled classes on Monday or moved them online, while Philippine Airlines has cancelled a number of local flights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Typhoon Fung-wong is expected to weaken rapidly once it makes landfall but will likely remain a typhoon as it travels over Luzon. <\/p>\n Eastern parts of the Philippines have already begun experiencing heavy rains and winds, a Pagasa official said in a briefing on Saturday evening local time.<\/p>\n While much of the country is expected to be impacted, there are particular concerns about those areas that could take a direct hit – including the small island of Catanduanes, which lies off the coast of southern Luzon.<\/p>\n Residents there, as well as in other low-lying and coastal areas, have been urged to move to higher ground ahead of the storm’s arrival. <\/p>\n A civil defence spokesman said evacuations had to be carried out by Sunday morning at the latest and should not be attempted during heavy rain and strong winds. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Typhoon Fung-wong has also forced the suspension of rescue operations following the passage of Kalmaegi, one of the strongest typhoons this year.<\/p>\n Heavy rainfall sent torrents of mud down hillsides and into residential areas. Some poorer neighbourhoods were obliterated by the fast-moving flash floods.<\/p>\n At least 204 people are now known to have died in the Philippines as a result of the earlier storm, while more than 100 are still missing. <\/p>\n Five people also died in Vietnam, where strong winds uprooted trees, tore off roofs, and smashed large windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Philippines government declared a state of calamity across the country after Typhoon Kalmaegi and in preparation for the coming storm.<\/p>\n It has given government agencies more power to access emergency funds and fast-track the procurement and delivery of essential goods and services to those in need.<\/p>\n For some Filipinos, the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi earlier this week has left them even more anxious about the storm to come. <\/p>\n “We decided to evacuate because the recent typhoon brought floods in our area, and now I just want to keep my family safe,” Norlito Dugan told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n He is among those who have taken shelter in a church in the city of Sorsogon in Luzon.<\/p>\n Another resident, Maxine Dugan said: “I’m here because the waves near my house are now huge, I live near the shore. The winds there are now very strong, and the waves are huge.”<\/p>\n The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to tropical cyclones, due to its location on the Pacific Ocean where such weather systems form.<\/p>\n About 20 tropical cyclones form in that region every year, half of which impact the country directly.<\/p>\n Climate change is not thought to increase the number of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones worldwide.<\/p>\n However, warmer oceans coupled with a warmer atmosphere – fuelled by climate change – have the potential to make those that do form even more intense. That can potentially lead to higher wind speeds, heavier rainfall, and a greater risk of coastal flooding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n