A super typhoon has struck the northern Philippines with heavy rain and winds of up to 260 kilometers an hour leaving at least three people dead. Typhoon Megi made landfall in Isabela province at 1125 local time yesterday destroying buildings and crops, cutting power and telecommunications. Thousands sheltered in public buildings or fled to higher ground, and a “state of calamity” was declared in Isabela. The category-five storm is forecast next to head towards China and Vietnam. More than a dozen people are already missing in central Vietnam after floodwaters swept away a bus. At least 20 others are known to have been killed in floods as heavy rain pounded the region. On the southern Chinese island of Hainan, the rain prompted more than a 100,000 people to leave their homes over the weekend.