Thousands flee powerful typhoon

High waves and floods expected as approach of Nock-Ten triggers mass evacuations

Babies, toddlers and elderly people were loaded onto military trucks in the Philippines on Sunday as thousands fled from the path of a powerful typhoon barreling toward the archipelago.

Officials warned that coastal waves up to 2.5 meters high, landslides and flash floods posed the biggest threats as Nock-Ten closed in on the Bicol peninsula and nearby islands.