New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after causing floods, landslides, power outages and at least 18 deaths.

The typhoon weakened into a tropical storm over the South China Sea and was moving northwest toward Taiwan, where it could hit Thursday.

Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck central provinces last week, leaving at least 232 people dead, and later hitting Vietnam, where at least five were killed.

Fung-wong was a super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) when it made landfall Sunday in northeastern Aurora province. The 1,800-kilometer (1,100-mile)-wide storm weakened as it raked through mountainous northern provinces and ...