Powerful Typhoon Cimaron battered the northern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 10 people in a barrage of landslides, uprooted trees and flooding, officials said. Cimaron, the second major typhoon to hit the north in as many months, packed maximum winds of 175 kilometers (109 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 210 kph (130 mph) when it came ashore. It was forecast to exit the region in the direction of Vietnam later Monday. Winds had dropped to 120 kph (75 mph), with gusts up to 150 kph (94 mph), by midday, although forecasters said it was likely to intensify again over open water, the Associated Press reported.
