MANILA, Philippines—Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength and slightly shifted toward more densely populated coastal provinces on Sept. 14 as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway.
More than 4 million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorizes as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
