Typhoon hits eastern Philippines, causing power outages

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A beardown typhoon has slammed into the eastbound Philippines, bringing precocious winds that caused powerfulness outages successful respective provinces. The authorities upwind work says Typhoon Conson carried sustained winds of 120 kilometers (74 miles) per hour. It made landfall successful Eastern Samar state earlier hitting adjacent Samar province. Power systems relation National Grid Corporation of the Philippines says immoderate transmission lines were affected. Power outages were reported successful Eastern Samar, Samar and Leyte provinces. Coson aboriginal weakened into a terrible tropical tempest arsenic it moved west-northwestward implicit the Sibuyan Sea, with its sustained winds declining to 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour.