Typhoon Nesat slams into Philippines killing baby

Typhoon Nesat slammed into the Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person, a baby, as it brought heavy rain and strong wind that blew away roofs, uprooted small trees and toppled power lines.



The Philippines endures about 20 storms annually, many of them deadly, but authorities warned Nesat was one of the largest to hit the country this year with its rain and wind path twice as big as average storms.

"This typhoon is very wide in diameter, about 650 kilometres (400 miles), and covers most of (the main island of) Luzon," Science Undersecretary Graciano Yumul, who supervises the country's weather bureau, told reporters.

Nesat hit the northeastern side of Luzon before dawn, bringing maximum sustained winds of up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour and gusts clocking in at 170 kilometres an hour.

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