The Philippines is preparing for the impact of another powerful typhoon, less than a week after a deadly storm left at least 200 people dead and caused widespread devastation across the archipelago the BBC reports.

Typhoon Fung Wong, known locally as Uwan, is expected to strengthen into a super typhoon — with sustained winds of at least 185 km per hour before striking the main island of Luzon as early as the evening of November 9, according to the Philippine weather bureau/

Officials have warned that Fung Wong could prove even more intense than Typhoon Kalmaegi, which battered the country on November 4 and 5, triggering landslides, floods, and power outages. The new storm is forecast to bring torrential rainfall and dangerous storm surges to coastal regions.

Schools have cancelled classes on November 10 or shifted to online learning, while Philippine Airlines has suspended multiple domestic flights in anticipation of severe weather.

Authorities in the Philippines have said eastern provinces had already begun to experience heavy downpours and gusty winds as of late November 8 the BBC adds. It has also been projected that Fung Wong would make landfall between 12:00 GMT on Sunday and 12:00 GMT on Monday, before moving northwards towards Taiwan by November 11.

Preparations for the arrival of the storm are also underway across much of eastern Taiwan.

Although the storm is expected to weaken once it crosses land, meteorologists said it was likely to retain typhoon strength while passing over Luzon.

Fung Wong is the latest in a series of intense tropical storms to strike the Philippines and Taiwan this year, underscoring both nation’s growing vulnerability to extreme weather events linked to climate change.