Typhoon Fung-Wong - Nov 2025

Following Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino), weather agencies are monitoring the development of a potential strong tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclone Fung-Wong (local name Uwan) may intensify into a super typhoon. It is forecasted to make landfall in northern Luzon by 9 or 10 November. In preparation for the storm’s impacts, the government is leading preparedness efforts including early evacuation and the wide dissemination of information concerning potential impacts in consideration of the storm’s wide diameter spanning 1,400 kilometers, covering roughly the entire country. [...] The CERF Anticipatory Action (AA) was activated on 06 November after the observational threshold for Tropical Cyclone Fung-won (Uwan) was triggered. Nearly US$6 million has been allocated to five United Nations agencies to implement AA and early response efforts. This activation is based on the latest forecasts from state weather bureau PAGASA, which indicate that the storm will reach a peak intensity of approximately 195 km/h, exceeding the CERF AA observational trigger threshold of 185 km/h. (OCHA, 7 Nov 2025)

Typhoon FUNG-WONG ("Uwan" in the Philippines) made landfall on 9 November after 12:00 (UTC), south of the Casiguran town, Aurora province, eastern Luzon island, with maximum sustained winds up to 185 km/h, and continued westward over Luzon, slightly weakening. On 10 November at 0:00, its centre was located over the South China Sea, approximately 120 km west of Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h. According to DSWD, the passage of FUNG-WONG resulted in two fatalities, two injured people, nearly 800,000 displaced people and approximately 1.8 million affected people. (ECHO, 10 Nov 2025)

Typhoon FUNG-WONG is moving northward over the northern South China Sea. As of 11 November at 03:00 (UTC), its centre was located 370 km west-northwest of Calayan Island, Babuyan Islands, northern Philippines and 375 km southeast of southern Taiwan with sustained winds of 110 km/h (tropical storm strength) and gusts reaching 135 km/h. After passing through the northern Philippines, authorities report six fatalities and 13 injured people across four regions. Nearly 2.4 million people have been affected, with approximately 815,000 displaced across 15 regions. FUNG-WONG is forecast to continue northward, then turn northeast, making landfall near Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 12 November as a tropical storm. (ECHO, 11 Nov 2025)

Tropical cyclone FUNG-WONG ("Uwan" in the Philippines) made landfall on 12 November around 12:00 UTC just north of the Checheng city, far southern Taiwan, with maximum sustained winds up to 83 km/h (tropical storm). On 13 November at 0:00, its centre was located over the northern Philippine Sea, approximately 100 km east of the coast of far northern Taiwan, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h. (ECHO, 13 Nov 2025)

On 9 November, Super Typhoon Fung-Wong (Uwan)- one of the strongest cyclones to hit the Philippines this year - made landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora, Uwan’s massive 1,800-km diameter impacted 16 regions, affecting 7.52 million people, with 421,740 still displaced. National authorities report 33 fatalities. The storm damaged 271,023 houses and destroyed an additional 25,764. Following Uwan, about 60 per cent of power supply, 50 per cent of water systems, and 70 per cent of telecommunications infrastructure still require repair and restoration. (OCHA, 20 Nov 2025)

On 26 November 2025, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported (Uwan Situation Report #24) that Uwan affected approximately 2,242,319 families, or 7,900,609 individuals, across 72 provinces in 16 regions. As the country’s weather bureau warned of the destructive nature of Uwan prior to its landfall in Luzon, local government units implemented the pre-emptive evacuation of approximately 1.5 million individuals across 15 regions, including Region 1, Region 2, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region 3, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7, Region 8, Region 9, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Caraga, and the NIR. Over 355,992 individuals remained displaced, temporarily seeking shelter in 2,822 evacuation centres. (IFRC, 16 Dec 2025)