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The storm is also forcing local authorities to suspend rescue operations for the last typhoon as they brace for yet more destruction.
The national government has declared a state of calamity.
Fenghuang is expected to leave the Philippines by Tuesday and continue north to Taiwan.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
Typhoon Kalmagi tore a swath through the island archipelago, leaving over 200 dead.
Super typhoon Fung Wong is now barreling through the most densely populated island of Luzon.
Several schools have been ordered closed and flights are already being cancelled.
The storm is also forcing local authorities to suspend rescue operations for the last typhoon as they brace for yet more destruction.
The national government has declared a state of calamity.
Fenghuang is expected to leave the Philippines by Tuesday and continue north to Taiwan.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
Multiple explosions went off at a mosque crowded for Friday prayers inside a school compound.
The victims, mostly students, were rushed to hospitals nearby.
Police have said a 17-year-old student at the nearby high school is their suspect.
The suspect was also hospitalized following the explosions.
Police are already investigating potential motives.
They say they've already found toy weapons and some written messages at the scene.
For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
China's Ministry of State Security says the attack on its National Time Service Center started three years ago.