Philippines braces for Typhoon Noru which became a 'super typhoon' after a period of 'explosive intensification'
The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, sees an average of 20 tropical storms a year.
Typhoon Noru became a super typhoon "after a period of explosive intensification", with sustained winds increasing to 185 km per hour from 120 kph on Saturday evening, the disaster agency said in an advisory. "I asked our mayors to comply with strict preemptive evacuations," Helen Tan, governor of Quezon province, told DZRH radio station. Noru, the 11th tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines this year, will bring heavy to torrential rains over the capital region and nearby provinces on Sunday afternoon.
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