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*Over 650,000 people evacuated after Super Typhoon Man-Yi made landfall. *74 Honduran municipalities severely affected by Tropical Storm Sara. teleSUR

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00:00Welcome back.

00:01In the Philippines, more than 650,000 people were evacuated after Super Typhoon Manji made

00:06landfall on Saturday night.

00:08The super typhoon hit the island municipality of Catanduanes, destroying houses and uprooting

00:13trees.

00:14This Sunday, the super typhoon made landfall in the northern province of Aurora at 3.20

00:18p.m.

00:19local time, with sustained winds of up to 185 km per hour and gusts of up to 230 km

00:25per hour.

00:26It is estimated that Manji could impact Luzon, the country's most populous island and economic

00:31powerhouse, crossing north of Manila and moving into the South China Sea by Monday.

00:41In a new report, the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, informed that 74 municipalities

00:45in the country were directly impacted by Tropical Storm Zara, and more than 60,000 people were

00:51affected.

00:52The president emphasized that the rains, floods and overflowing rivers caused by Zara left

00:56significant damage.

00:57In the sense, 63,920 people are in a condition of victims, while 3,720 are insurgers.

01:06Castro's government, SINAGER, COPECO and the Secretariat of Risk Management and National

01:11Constituencies are currently working to save lives and provide protection to the people

01:15most exposed to damage and which has not yet been reached due to the severity of the weather

01:19conditions.

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Ecological Crisis | 6.2 earthquake affects southern Japan

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