Phillippines ? Thousands of people in an area devastated by a powerful typhoon last week in the eastern Philippines were told to evacuate Saturday after another storm slammed into the central part of the country.

Typhoon Utor, packing sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, made landfall in the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province at noon.

The new typhoon’s path was just south of the eastern Bicol region where more than 1,000 people were killed or left missing after Typhoon Durian struck last week.

Fernando Gonzales, governor of the worst-hit province of Albay, said about 15,000 people from a dozen villages were ordered evacuated to temporary shelters in government buildings, schools and churches until the storm passed.

“What we are trying to avoid here is people getting trapped,” he said.

Utor’s track indicated it could hit the popular island resort of Boracay before blowing farther west toward the South China Sea. Forecasters warned there could be storm surges or big waves that could hit the island.