Residents on Friday walk past collapsed houses in a community of typhoon survivors that was affected by an earthquake in Bogo City, Cebu, Philippines, on Tuesday. On Friday, a typhoon struck the northern part of the nation. Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines on Friday, three days after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the central part of the Asian nation hundreds of miles away and weeks after two other cyclones hit the country.
Matmo, which is locally named Paolo, had maximum sustained winds of 81 mph with the eye at San Guillermo in Isabela Province, the national weather agency Pagasa said.
Pagasa warned of "lightly stronger/enhanced in coastal and upland/mountainous areas exposed to winds. Winds are less strong in areas sheltered from the prevailing wind direction." Also, rough seas are forecast.
More than 8 inches of rain are predicted on Isabela, Aurora and Quirino provinces.
