Manila (AFP) Aug 23, 2022

Schools were ordered shut across the northern Philippines Tuesday – a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 hit – as torrential rain and strong winds pounded the main island of the archipelago.

Severe tropical storm Ma-on struck the northeast coast of Luzon around mid-morning, raking the largely agricultural region with gusts of up to 185 kilometres (1
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