Typhoon Melor has displaced more than 750,000 people in the central Philippines this morning.
With wind speeds of up to 150km/hr, the typhoon as caused landslides and extreme flooding.
As reported by RTÉ, the typhoon is similar in path to Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Almost 8,000 people were killed or remain missing since then.
The typhoon has halted flights and fishing activity off the village of Batag.
Authorities have evacuated 750,000 people across three provinces.
Meteorologist Adam Douty commented on the Typhoon: “Melor is a very compact typhoon, so that will prevent its most devastating impacts from extending too far from its centre.”
“While Melor will not slam onshore as a super typhoon as once feared, it still poses dangers to lives and property,” he said.
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