Philippine authorities evacuated almost 150,000 people from their homes and shuttered financialmarkets, government offices, businesses and schools as typhoon Rammasun gathered strength and hit the capital, Manila.

The typhoon, the strongest to hit the country this year, has already torn through eastern islands, toppling trees and power lines and causing blackouts. It brought storm surges to the Manila Bay are and prompted disaster officials to evacuate slum-dwellers on the capital’s outskirts.
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