Typhoon Yutu Batters Philippine Areas Devastated by Mangkhut
- Thousands evacuated in rice-producing provinces of north Luzon
- Farmers in path of storm were urged to harvest their crops
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Typhoon Yutu slammed into northern Philippines on Tuesday and is traveling a path similar to last month’s super storm Mangkhut that killed at least 82 people and damaged about $500 million of farm output in the Southeast Asian nation.
More than 10,000 people were moved to safer grounds before Yutu came ashore. As many as 12 million people are living along the storm’s path, Edgar Posadas, spokesman of the disaster-monitoring agency, said in a televised briefing.