Super typhoon batters Philippines' north, as anticorruption protests hit Manila
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#708HW)
The world's largest storm this year to date, Super Typhoon Ragasa, is moving its way toward China after making landfall yesterday in the Philippines' northern island, causing major flooding and the evacuation of thousands. It followed weekend protests against corruption in the country, including a scandal known as "Floodgate," involving unfinished storm surge protection infrastructure across the country. The World's Marco Werman spoke to Ronald Holmes, a political scientist at De La Salle University in Manila.