Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands in northern Philippines
Typhoon Doksuri has slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain, displacing nearly 16,000 villagers as it blows tin roofs off rural houses, floods low-lying villages and knocks out power MANILA, Philippines -- Typhoon Doksuri slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, displacing nearly 16,000 villagers as it blew tin roofs off rural houses, flooded low-lying villages and knocked out power, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties after the typhoon slammed into Fuga Island off Aparri town in Cagayan province, where 15,843 people were evacuated from high-risk coastal village s. Schools and workplaces were shut down as a precaution as Doksuri approached. Thousands of people in other northern provinces were also displaced by the typhoon, which has a 700-kilometer-wide (435-mile-wide) band of wind and rain. Doksuri weakened slightly but remained dangerous and lethal with...