The death toll in Vietnam has risen to 226,with 104 people missing,the government’s disaster management agency said.
Tens of thousands of people spent the night at gymnasiums and other facilities in a precautionary evacuation of vulnerable homes.
Japan’s weather agency warned of gales ‘like never experienced before’ as the typhoon approached.
Australian resident Bernie Osler had just arrived in the Philippine province of Cebu to meet his one-year-old son. Then he found himself in the eye of a storm.
As the death toll in the Philippines climbed to 375,a rescue effort has continued in Malaysia,where thousands have been left stranded by flooding.
The Philippines may have been lucky with Goni,the 18th typhoon to strike the country this year. But it remains starkly exposed to a multitude of natural disasters.
A mere tropical storm on Wednesday,Typhoon Goni is now 2020's most powerful cyclone on the planet,with winds peaking at 378 km/h.
The country's main international airport will also be closed,with the powerful typhoon set to make landfall on Monday night.
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