Typhoon Parma slammed into the storm-ravaged Philippines this afternoon, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate for safer shelter. Parma had maximum sustained winds of 148 km per hour with gusts as high as 185 km per hour as it made landfall in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon. The biggest threat in other parts of the country, including capital Manila, was not wind but rain.Tens of thousands of Filipinos have been evacuated and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro appealed to them to remain in shelters even if they were in cities and towns not directly in Parma's path. Teodoro said he was worried about massive flooding and possible mudslides. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under the state of calamity in preparation for Parma's landfall. She ordered evacuations as a precautionary measure against floods and landslides, and asked weather officials to issue an hourly update.Earlier, last week's Typhoon Ketsana killed 246 people in the Philippines. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said another 38 are missing and the storm affected nearly 2 million people and forced the evacuation of 567,000.