POPE Leo XIV has offered prayers for the victims of Typhoon “Uwan” (international name: Fung Wong) during the Angelus prayer at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on Sunday, November 9 (Rome time, Sunday in Manila).
“Dear brothers and sisters, I am close to the people of the Philippines hit by a violent typhoon,” the pontiff said in Italian. “I pray for the deceased and their families, for the injured and the displaced,” he added.
The Angelus prayer followed the Mass celebrating the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
As of 8 a.m., Uwan was estimated to be 135 kilometers west-northwest of Bacnotan, La Union, according to the latest bulletin. Uwan intensified into a super typhoon on November 9, just hours before making landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora.
It is the second cyclone to hit the Philippines in a week. On November 4, Typhoon Tino (International name: Kalmaegi) struck the country, leaving 224 people dead and 109 others missing.
