<span style="color: #222222;">The Philippines has begun evacuating thousands of people as a powerful typhoon rumbling in from the Pacific forced Southeast Asian Games organisers to cancel or reschedule some events.<br />''  <br />'' Local officials in Clark said today that forecasters expect Typhoon Kammuri to make landfall tomorrow evening or Tuesday morning, packing gusts of 170 kilometres per hour and maximum sustained winds of 140 kph.<br />'' <br />'' The storm entered the Philippine territory yesterday evening, shortly before President Rodrigo Duterte and boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao launched the Games with a colourful opening ceremony.<br />'' <br />'' This year's Games in Clark, Manila and Subic, which run through to December 11, are already particularly complex with a record 56 sports across dozens of venues that are in some cases hours apart by car.<br />'' <br />'' Outdoor events in Subic — on the west coast of the main Philippine island of Luzon in the country's north — were the first to be affected by Kammuri.<br />'' <br />'' Some local government units in central Bicol region urged people to begin leaving their homes.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The disaster management office of the province said more than 3,000 people are already in evacuation centres, mostly in schools and gymnasiums in Camarines Norte.</span><br />