UPDATE 1-Nearly 9,000 flee homes in Philippines as Molave intensifies into typhoon

* Typhoon makes two landfalls
* No casualties reported so far
* Alerts up over several areas

(Updates number of evacuees, adds landfall)
MANILA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Nearly 9,000 people fled their
homes in the Philippines as Typhoon Molave made landfall while
traversing provinces on the southern part of the main Luzon
island on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds,
officials said.
The disaster monitoring agency said it had received reports
of damaged roads and bridges, flooding and landslide incidents
in some areas, but there were no casualties so far.
Packing top sustained winds of 130 kilometres per hour (80
mph) Molave intensified into a typhoon as it moved westward and
made landfall over San Miguel Island in Albay province early in
the evening.
It made a second landfall on Malinao municipality also in
Albay, the weather bureau said.
Some 5,518 people were evacuated to safer grounds, while
3,421 people took shelter with their relatives in areas outside
danger zones, the disaster monitoring agency said.
Molave follows Tropical Storm Saudel, which last week caused
widespread flooding in Quezon province in the Calabarzon region,
southeast of the capital Manila. The weather bureau warned of storm surges as high as 2
metres (6.5 feet) in coastal areas in northern Samar province,
the Bicol region and the central and southern portions of Quezon
province.
Tropical cyclone wind alerts were issued for several
provinces in the Bicol and Calabarzon regions, and several
provinces in central Philippines, as well as for Metro Manila
and central Luzon provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan and
Zambales.
Sea travel operations were cancelled in danger zones, with
569 people stranded at ports due to strong winds, according to
the disaster monitoring agency.
After crossing the Philippine archipelago, Molave was
expected to continue intensifying over the South China Sea, the
weather bureau said.