More than 8 000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Chebi departed from the Philippines on Sunday, moving further west into the South China Sea, authorities said.
The typhoon left two people injured and forced about 8 280 people in San Jose City in the northern Philippines to flee to evacuation centres due to flooding, the civil defence office said.
Several roads in the northern Philippines were rendered impassable due to landslides and swollen rivers with the water in many major dams reaching critical levels due to heavy rains.
However, there were no immediate reports of deaths or people missing after the typhoon weakened as it cut across the northern part of the main Philippine island of Luzon on Saturday.
As of 4am on Sunday (8pm GMT Saturday), typhoon Chebi, packing maximum winds of 120kph per hour, was located 120km west of the town of Iba in Zambales province, moving west at 17kph per hour, the government weather station said.
All storm alerts were lowered, except for the first level storm alert in the westernmost provinces of Pangasinan and Zambales, the weather station said.
The Philippines is still recovering from Typhoon Cimaron, the strongest cyclone to hit the country in more than 10 years, which left 38 people dead or missing late last month. – Sapa-AFP