By Laura Sharman and Caitlin Danaher, CNN
A second typhoon in a week has made landfall in the Philippines and killed at least two people, with nearly 1 million residents fleeing the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges.
Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, follows on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed almost 200 people in the central part of the archipelago nation, as well as five people in Vietnam.
The eye of the typhoon made landfall on Sunday night, barrelling over the coastal municipality of Dinalungan, in the northeastern Aurora province, according to the country's weather service.
Civil defense reported that one person drowned in Catanduanes province and firefighters recovered the body of a woman trapped under debris of a collapsed home in Catbalogan City, according to Reuters.
Almost 920,000 residents were evacuated from 11 regions on Sunday
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