Powerful typhoon skirts Taiwan, north Philippines
The most powerful typhoon this year approached a group of small islands between southern Taiwan and the northern Philippines on Friday with ferocious winds of 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour, and authorities warned that the region faces torrential rains and destructive gusts.
Typhoon Usagi was on track to pass near Batanes Islands, the northernmost part of the Philippines, as it moves across the Luzon Strait close to Taiwan's southernmost Hengchun peninsula. (AP)
