“While Typhoon Uwan has exited our landmass, it will continue to bring rains to Luzon, and our operations to help local government units and their constituents continue,” he said, adding that there was “still danger” in certain areas.

The Philippines is under high alert as Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to strengthen and make landfall on Luzon as soon as Sunday evening.

Typhoon Kalmaegi brings fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam, killing at least five people and damaging thousands of homes.

Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall on the main island of Luzon, prompting the evacuation of more than one million people, just days after an earlier storm killed over 200.

Metro Manila elevated its disaster alert status to Red, effective 5 p.m. Friday, mobilizing numerous personnel and heavy rescue equipment across the capital region as looming Super Typhoon Uwan rapidly intensifies toward a potential Signal No.