Typhoon Nock-Ten kills four in the Philippines
(VOVworld) - Typhoon Nock-ten has entered the East Sea, becoming tenth storm this waters in 2016, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. At 4pm yesterday, the centre of Nock-ten was 840km east-southeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago with the strongest winds of up to 135km per hour.
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| The typhoon brought heavy rain to the Manila area |
At 4pm today, the centre of the storm will be about 450km east-southeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago. Nock-ten can keep sustaining winds of 90-105km per hour.
Earlier, the storm killed at least three people and forced thousands of local people to evacuate when it made landfall on the eastern island province of Catanduanes of the Philippines on Christmas Day.