Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as super typhoon nears

Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected late-night landfall on the east coast. The super typhoon, which comes just days after another storm ravaged the country.

The Fung-wong is expected to bring about 200 millimetres or more rain in many places, according to government meteorologists. Schools and government offices were ordered closed Monday across the main island of Luzon, including the capital Manila, where nearly 300 flights have so far been cancelled.