Five dead as Typhoon Nuri slams into Philippines

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MANILA (AFP) — Five people were killed as Typhoon Nuri slammed into the northern Philippines Wednesday, triggering heavy rain and warnings of possible storm surges, officials said.

Packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres (86 miles) an hour at the centre and gusts of up to 170 kilometres per hour, at 4:00 pm (0800 GMT) Nuri was 90 kilometres northwest of the northern province of Cagayan, moving northwest at 15 kilometres per hour.

"It has made landfall. She is lashing northern Luzon," said Nathaniel Cruz, chief forecaster at the state weather bureau.

"Almost all of northern Luzon is experiencing the fury of Karen," Cruz said, referring to the local name of Typhoon Nuri.

Five people including a 72-year-old woman and three children were killed...