Typhoon Noru Slams Into the Philippines, Shuts Markets
- Marcos suspends work, classes on Monday as flooding likely
- Typhoon may affect 1.47 million hectares of rice land
Members of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office prepare rubber boats and life vests ahead of Super Typhoon Noru making landfall in Quezon City on Sept. 25.
Photographer: Kevin Tristan Espiritu/AFP/Getty Images
Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines’ main Luzon island, prompting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to suspend work and school while authorities closed the local currency, stock and bond markets for Monday.
The typhoon, called Karding locally, is packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 170 km/h, the weather bureau Pagasa said in its 5:00 a.m. report on Monday. It was last located over the coastal waters of Zambales province in central Luzon and headed to the South China Sea on its way to Vietnam.