Typhoon: Fung-Wong causes widespread flooding

Typhoon Fung-Wong causes widespread flooding in the Philippines and is now forecast to swing towards Taiwan, impacting flights and daily life. Read more at straitstimes.com. A typhoon is a powerful, mature tropical cyclone that forms over the warm waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is a massive, rotating storm system characterised by a low-pressure centre, strong winds spiralling inwards, and heavy rainfall. The most intense typhoons develop a calm, clear area at their centre known as the 'eye'. Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, knocking down power, forcing the ... Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall on the main island of Luzon, prompting the evacuation of more than one million people, just days after an earlier storm killed over 200.