KEELUNG: Five people were killed in a landslide in the Philippines, and hundreds in Taiwan were evacuated from their homes, as the biggest typhoon in decades swept toward the region on Friday. Typhoon Bavi is expected to pound Taiwan’s north and east, as well as Japan’s remote southwestern islands, on Friday and Saturday before smashing into China, which has been hit by deadly storms this week. A landslide triggered by heavy rains enhanced by Bavi killed at least five people and left six others missing on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao, police said.

Source: Arab News