Typhoon ‘Dodong’ leaves 2 dead

Two persons were killed after a powerful storm grazed the country’s northeastern tip over the weekend, civil defense officials said on Monday.

Many of the people who evacuated from the storm’s path started to return home late Sunday night, after Dodong (international name: Noul)—the fourth and strongest storm to hit the Philippines so far this year—whipped coastal villages with wind gusts of up to 220 kilometers per hour.