MANILA -- Super typhoon Fung-wong battered a swath of the Philippines as it passed over the country's most populous island, Luzon, on Sunday night. But officials said the initial death toll was only two -- far lower than a slightly weaker storm that struck the country last week -- after more than 1 million people were evacuated pre-emptively.
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Super typhoon Fung-wong batters Philippines, forcing 1m to evacuate
Preemptive action results in much lower initial death toll than weaker storm last week
Rescuers evacuate residents in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro province of the Philippines, on Nov. 9 as Typhoon Fung-wong began to batter the country. © AP
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