Powerful typhoon lashes Philippines, killing at least 3

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the northern Philippines with powerful winds and heavy rain that set off landslides and destroyed homes on Saturday, leaving at least three people dead and six missing, as southern China braced for the powerful storm. The most powerful typhoon to hit the disaster-prone Philippines this year slammed ashore before dawn in Cagayan province on the northeastern tip of Luzon island, a breadbasket that is also a region of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces with a history of deadly landslides.