Ten Dead As Typhoon Batters The Philippines

At least 10 people have been killed and thousands left without power after a typhoon ripped through central Philippines.

More than 370,000 people were forced to flee their homes

Typhoon Rammasun, which is also known locally as Glenda, battered the main island of Luzon with gusts of up to 115mph.

It was classified the the most powerful storm of the annual typhoon season.

Despite veering off-track south of the capital Manila, it still managed to leave a trail of destruction in the city - home to 12 million people.

A motorcyclist blown over by a gust of wind from the typhoon

Electricity poles, trees and roofs were damaged, with government offices and schools forced to close.

More than 370,000 people were moved from high-risk villages to emergency shelters in six provinces.

Hundreds of residents of one shanty town at the edge of Manila Bay fled when strong wind tore the tin roofs off their dwellings.

Trees were brought down across the capital Manila

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said: "It was like a drill - we hauled people away from dangerous seaside areas, whether they liked it or not."

More than three people were killed in rural provinces, while a trio of family members died when a wall collapsed on them in Lucena city.

An infant boy also died after a partial building collapse in Cavite province, near the capital.

Coastal shanty towns were particularly hard hit by Rammasun

Three fishermen have been reported missing in Catanduanes, near Albay province, where Rammasun made landfall late on Tuesday.

At least four provinces on Luzon declared, or planned to declare, a 'state of calamity', which allows regional governments to access emergency relief funds.

Many Filipinos feared the typhoon would be a repeat of 2013's Haiyan

Damage assessments are still to be carried out, due to continuing heavy rain and wind and the loss of telephone communications to many areas.

Although the typhoon brought strong winds and storm surges that hit shantytowns, not much flooding was reported as rainfall was not excessive.

In 2013, massive devastation and deaths occurred when Typhoon Haiyan hit southern parts of the country.

Haiyan's strong winds and tsunami-like storm surges flattened towns, leaving at least 6,300 people dead and more than 1,000 missing.

Rammasun, the Thai term for the god of thunder, is the seventh storm to batter the Philippines this year.

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