9,000 flee homes in Philippines as Molave intensifies into typhoon

Some 5,518 people were evacuated to safer grounds, while 3,421 people took shelter with their relatives Nearly 9,000 people fled their homes in the Philippines as Typhoon Molave made landfall while traversing provinces on the southern part of the main Luzon island on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds, officials said.The disaster monitoring agency said it had received reports of damaged roads and bridges, flooding and landslide incidents in some areas, but there were no casualties so far.