“Glenda,” the first strong typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, shut down Metro Manila and when it slammed into Luzon on Wednesday, leaving a trail of death and destruction and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate.

At least 14 people were reported dead, two of them in Metro Manila. Some of the victims were crushed to death by falling trees and electric posts.

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