Typhoon Goni hits Philippines with 350,000 in evacuation shelters

Authorities report four deaths, power outages, flash floods and infrastructure damage as the strongest storm this year passes over main island

Super typhoon Goni has killed four people in the Philippines after ferocious winds caused power outages and infrastructure damage. About 350,000 people were evacuated from its projected path, including in the capital, Manila, where the main international airport was ordered closed.

Goni made two landfall in two places in the Bicol region, where four deaths were reported, said provincial Governor Al Francis Bichara, including one hit by a tree and a five-year-old washed away after a river overflowed.