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Philippines orders thousands of evacuations ahead of 2020’s strongest storm

System with 265km/h winds is expected to make landfall on Sunday on main island of Luzon, home to Manila

Philippine officials have ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category-5 storm that is the world’s strongest this year approaches.

Typhoon Goni, with 215km/h (133 mph) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265km/h (164 mph), will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Haiyan, which killed more than 6,300 people in 2013.

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