Seven Dead As Typhoon Batters The Philippines

At least seven people have been killed and thousands left without power after a typhoon ripped through central Philippines.

Residents brave strong winds and rain as they evacuate from their homes at an informal settlers' area as Typhoon Rammasun barrels across Manila

More than 370,000 people were forced to flee their homes

Typhoon Rammasun, which is also known locally as Glenda, battered the main island of Luzon with gusts of up to 115mph.

Despite veering off-track south of the capital Manila, the typhoon still managed to leave a trail of destruction in the city - home to 12 million people.

Electricity poles, trees and roofs were damaged, with government offices and schools forced to close.

A motorcyclist falls down along a main road after strong winds brought by Typhoon Rammasun, locally called Glenda, battered the capital, metro Manila

A motorcyclist blown over by a gust of wind from the typhoon

More than 370,000 people were moved from high-risk villages to emergency shelters in six provinces.

Hundreds of residents of one shanty town at the edge of Manila Bay fled when strong wind tore the tin roofs off their dwellings.

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said: "It was like a drill - we hauled people away from dangerous seaside areas, whether they liked it or not."

Motorists speed past fallen trees along a highway as Typhoon Rammasun barrels across Manila

Trees were brought down across the capital Manila

Three people were killed in rural provinces, while a trio of family members died when a wall collapsed on them in Lucena city.

An infant boy also died after a partial building collapse in Cavite province, near the capital.

Three fishermen have been reported missing in Catanduanes, near Albay province, where Rammasun made landfall late on Tuesday.

Squatter homes partially destroyed by strong winds brought by Typhoon Rammasun are pictured as it hit the coastal town of Bacoor

Coastal shanty towns were particularly hard hit by Rammasun

Damage assessments are still to be carried out, due to continuing heavy rain and wind and the loss of telephone communications to many areas.

In 2013, massive devastation and deaths occurred when Typhoon Haiyan hit southern parts of the country.

Many Filipinos feared the typhoon would be a repeat of 2013's Haiyan

Haiyan's strong winds and tsunami-like storm surges flattened towns, leaving at least 6,300 people dead and more than 1,000 missing.

Rammasun, the Thai term for the god of thunder, is the seventh storm to batter the Philippines this year.

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