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Watch: Typhoon Goni kills at least 9
Nine people were killed and thousands fled to higher ground as Typhoon Goni brought torrential rains to the northern Philippines yesterday, triggering landslides and floods.
Eight people died in Mountain Province and Benguet in the northern highlands after they were buried in rocks and mud. A man was killed in nearby Ilocos Norte province after he was hit by a falling tree, the national disaster council said. Two others were reported missing in flooded areas while five were injured. Roughly 1,700 people were evacuated.
Among the dead were two brothers who died when a landslide buried a temporary shelter where they took cover in Bakun town in Benguet. Two other men were killed in separate landslides and a man was pinned to death by a fallen tree, according to the Office of Civil Defence.
Typhoon Goni was 165km northeast of the northern province of Cagayan yesterday Saturday morning, with winds of up to 195km/h, the state weather bureau said.
 In the northern province of Abra, two straight days of heavy rains caused a major river to overflow, governor Eustaquio Bersamin said.
“The Abra river has turned into an ocean,” he said. told DZMM radio.
“The rains were much stronger than we expected.”
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Thirteen domestic flights were cancelled yesterday, the disaster council said.
The storm is the ninth out of an average of 20 that hit the Philippines each year and is now heading to Taiwan, the weather bureau said.
Taiwan has evacuated people from outlying islands and troops are on standby for disaster relief as it takes precautions against heavy rains expected this weekend.
Towering waves crashed against the island’s eastern coast yesterday morning, although people were still on the beach in the southern region of Kenting. 
While the chance of Goni making landfall in Taiwan had diminished, it will bring heavy rains to most of the island, with mountainous areas in eastern Hualien and Yilan counties expected to see torrential downpours. 

Areas at risk included the hot spring town of Wulai, which was devastated by Typhoon Soudelor just two weeks ago. The popular tourist destination is still struggling to repair roads damaged by mudslides and the town remains cut off from regular water and power supplies.
Wulai residents piled large sandbags along the river to prevent flooding from the expected rains and local officials may evacuate residents from at-risk areas.
At least 1,700 tourists have already been evacuated from Taiwan’s outlying Green and Orchid islands. Offices and schools have been closed there since Friday. Some ferry services and domestic flights have been cancelled, but international flights have yet to be affected.
Mainland China’s National Meteorological Centre has forecast Goni will not make landfall in the country, although the lowest level typhoon alert has been issued.
The eastern province of Fujian  has evacuated nearly 5,000 people involved in the fishing industry from coastal areas while 10,490 boats have 8returned to port.

Soudelor killed at least 21 people on mainland China after making landfall in Fujian earlier this month.
In Japan, airlines announced possible flight delays and cancellations as Goni and another strong typhoon, Atsani, neared.
Atsani was expected to approach the Ogasawara island chain, some 1,000km south of 8Tokyo, yesterday, with winds of up to 252km/h, according to the Japanese meteorological agency.
Goni was forecast to approach the Sakishima island chain in the south today.


9 killed, over 1,000 evacuated as Typhoon Goni lashes Philippines before churning towards Taiwan

Workers clear a road with fallen electric posts after Typhoon Goni battered Baguio city in the northern Philippines. Photo: Reuters

A Nasa image of Atsani, which is expected to approach the Ogasawara island chain, some 1,000 kilometres south of Tokyo. Photo: AFP

Big waves crash at the coast due to strong winds brought by Typhoon Goni. Photo: Reuters

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