MANILA, Nov 19 (From AFP) - Three people were killed and 1,000 others were displaced as Typhoon Muifa struck the eastern Philippines, rescuers said Friday. One man drowned and an elderly man succumbed to hypothermia in the island of Catanduanes, the first region to experience Muifa's 120 kilometres for hour winds, the civil defence office said. Another man drowned off Bulan town in the Bicol peninsula near Catanduanes, where 40 houses were destroyed or damaged. A man was injured and more than 1,000 others were displaced in Catanduanes and Bicol. The civil defence office said power has been restored to these areas, but that some roads and bridges remained closed due to landslides or floods. Muifa hovered over the Philippine Sea just off the north-eastern town of Casiguran early Friday, the weather bureau said.

This Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image acquired in near real time shows Typhoon Muifa (centre image) that struck the eastern Philippines last Thursday.