Thousands of residents of eastern Philippines are being evacuated to safer areas ahead of the approaching Typhoon Kammuri. This is reported by Gulf News .
The typhoon is expected to gain speed to 150 or 170 km/h before it reaches land and may flood vulnerable coastal villages and towns.
Kammuri could become the second-strongest after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, which affected some 11 million people, killed around 18,000 and left many homeless.
Authorities are considering moving the Southeast Asian Games, which are scheduled to take place in the country from November 30 to December 11.
Earlier, 1 person died, 3 went missing and more than a thousand people were left without power due to flooding in Italy.