What are the latest updates on Super Typhoon Fung Wong in the Philippines?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Nearly a million Filipinos have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Fung Wong lashes the country with high winds and heavy rain ahead of landfall later today. Michael Sullivan reports on the second typhoon to hit the Philippines over the past week.
The Philippines is still dealing with the aftermath of Typhoon Kamagi, which killed at least 220 people when it came ashore less than a week ago. It then battered Vietnam, killing at least five. Authorities say Super Typhoon Phuong Wong is stronger, with sustained winds of 115 mph and gusts up to 140.
The country's defense minister is urging more people in the storm's path to evacuate before it's too late. Hundreds of domestic flights and more than 60 international flights have been canceled into Monday, as government officials warned of a high risk of life-threatening storm surges along the coast of many provinces and regions, including Metro Manila.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
In Washington, the Senate is working through the weekend looking for a way to bring the government shutdown to an end. The shutdown is now in its 40th day. Its disrupted flights left federal workers without pay and threatened food assistance that millions of Americans rely on. Hunger nonprofits are trying to meet surging demand.
Blake Farmer of member station WPLN reports from a distribution event in rural Tennessee.
A nonprofit called One Gin Away that serves Tennessee and Alabama has been adding more opportunities to get food as it becomes available, and right now the demand far outstrips the supply. Peggy Martin's raising three grandkids and says she's using the free groceries to fill the gap left by $500 in federal food benefits she normally receives.
If I had not been raised country and knew how to survive, I would really be in a fix. I can bake, I can hunt, I can forage too. I think we're okay. We'll make it.
Martin says she's worried for those who aren't as self-sufficient. More than 40 million Americans rely on the food assistance program. For NPR News, I'm Blake Farmer in Hickman County, Tennessee.
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