--- description: The typhoon is expected to head toward Japan title: 2 Dead as Typhoon Noul Slams Philippines on Way to Japan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a260d5bb64bcd44/6987ef2635ba6f2080c0b4c0/rtx1c6yo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2 Dead as Typhoon Noul Slams Philippines on Way to Japan by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 3:59 AM CUT  Stranded passengers guard their belongings while waiting at a bus terminal in Manila May 9, 2015\. The Philippines on Saturday evacuated thousands of people in the northeastern part of its main island of Luzon on Saturday, less than 24 hours before a powerful typhoon was expected to make landfall. Typhoon Noul, a category 4 storm with winds of 160 kph (99 mph) and gusts of up to 195 kph, was about 210 kms (130 miles) north northeast of Catanduanes island in the central Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco - RTX1C6YO Stranded passengers guard their belongings while waiting at a bus terminal in Manila May 9, 2015\. The Philippines on Saturday evacuated thousands of people in the northeastern part of its main island of Luzon on Saturday, less than 24 hours before a powerful typhoon was expected to make landfall. Typhoon Noul, a category 4 storm with winds of 160 kph (99 mph) and gusts of up to 195 kph, was about 210 kms (130 miles) north northeast of Catanduanes island in the central Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco - RTX1C6YORomeo Ranoco—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 3:59 AM CUT At least two people were killed and almost 4,000 others were forced to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Noul slammed into the northern Philippines, the national disaster agency said Monday. By midmorning Monday, Noul — called Typhoon Dodong locally — was maintaining its strength as it moved toward the Batanes Islands, with sustained winds of 100 mph and gusts up to 120 mph, the national weather bureau said. Noul was expected to start heading for southern Japan by Tuesday, according to the weather bureau, known by the acronym PAGASA. NDRRMC, the national disaster agency, said Noul made a direct hit Sunday with buckets of rain and mammoth waves … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/two-dead-typhoon-noul-slams-philippines-way-japan-n356866?cid=par-time-article%5F20150511 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3853365/noul-philippines-dodong-typhoon-batanes-signal-japan-death-pagasa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3853365/noul-philippines-dodong-typhoon-batanes-signal-japan-death-pagasa/"},"headline":"2 Dead as Typhoon Noul Slams Philippines on Way to Japan","datePublished":"2015-05-11T03:59:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:04:59.693Z","description":"The typhoon is expected to head toward Japan","url":"https://time.com/3853365/noul-philippines-dodong-typhoon-batanes-signal-japan-death-pagasa/","keywords":["Philippines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a260d5bb64bcd44/6987ef2635ba6f2080c0b4c0/rtx1c6yo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a260d5bb64bcd44/6987ef2635ba6f2080c0b4c0/rtx1c6yo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stranded passengers guard their belongings while waiting at a bus terminal in Manila","caption":"Stranded passengers guard their belongings while waiting at a bus terminal in Manila","creditText":"Romeo Ranoco—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3853365/noul-philippines-dodong-typhoon-batanes-signal-japan-death-pagasa/","name":"2 Dead as Typhoon Noul Slams Philippines on Way to Japan"}}]}] ```