Typhoon Conson ripped through the Philippines' main island on Wednesday, leaving at least three people dead, sweeping shanties into the sea and leaving a trail of wreckage in Manila.
Electricity was knocked out throughout the main island of Luzon, including the country's capital where fallen tree branches and other debris littered the streets.
However the weather service failed to mention that the disturbance had a wide radius of 300 kilometres (185 miles), meaning that although the eye of the typhoon passed north of Manila, the city still suffered from fierce winds.
Aquino raps Philippine typhoon forecasters : "All the agencies have adequately met their responsibilities at this point in time but your information is sorely lacking. We have had this problem for quite a long time," Aquino said."
Typhoon Conson, packing maximum gusts of 120 kilometres (74 miles) an hour, hit the eastern side of Luzon late Tuesday and crossed the island before exiting before dawn Wednesday, heading west into the South China Sea at 22 kilometres an hour.
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