Just weeks after Typhoon Tino devastated the Visayas and Mindanao, leaving a reported 188 people dead and a trail of destruction, the Philippines is bracing for another, even more massive threat. A tropical cyclone, set to be named Typhoon Uwan once it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), is currently churning in the Pacific.
But it's not just its expected Super Typhoon intensity that is alarming officials; it is its sheer size. According to the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) assistant secretary Rafael Alejandro IV, the potential storm's adverse effects are so widespread that they literally span the entire length of the Philippine archipelago—from Batanes in the far north to Bohol in the central Visayas.
