San Dvinso ( Philippines ) (AFP) - Five paramedics died during the passage of Typhoon Noro in the Philippines when they were in a flooded town, authorities said Monday.

"The local government has deployed them in a flooded area," said Lieutenant Colonel Romualdo Andres, police chief of the San Miguel district near Manila.

San Miguel Renan Herrera, in charge of natural disasters, said they likely drowned in a river flood.

On Sunday, Typhoon Noro hit the densely populated island of Luzon, with strong winds and heavy rains.

The typhoon made landfall Sunday at 17:30 local time (09:30 GMT) in the city of Bordeaux on the Polillo Islands of Quezon Prefecture.

The hurricane was accompanied by winds of 195 kilometers per hour, which is the strongest recorded this year in the country.

About 75,000 people were evacuated before the hurricane, after the Meteorological Service warned of the dangers of major floods in areas of the country prone to such phenomena.

On Monday, no major damage was immediately reported.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said, "We may think that we have exaggerated the measures. But there are no excessive measures when it comes to disasters" natural.