Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- More than 900,000 people have been evacuated in the Philippines ahead of Typhoon Fung-wong, which is expected to make landfall on Sunday evening.

The storm was upgraded to super typhoon with sustained winds around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230km/h (143mph), according to the country's meteorological service.

The eastern Bicol region was the first part of the Philippines to be directly hit by the storm on Sunday morning, with Luzon - the country's main population centre - expected to be hit by Sunday night.

Fung-wong - known locally as Uwan - comes days after an earlier storm, Kalmaegi, left a trail of destruction and nearly 200 people dead.

Several schools have either cancelled classes on Monday or moved them ...