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"The super-typhoon Fung-wong has blown through the Philippines, leaving at
least eight dead, 1.4 million people displaced and widespread damage in its
wake.
More than 1.4 million people were evacuated across the country as the storm
triggered flash flooding, storm surges, landslides and gale-force winds,
Philippine authorities said on Monday. Deadly mudslides had killed least six
people across the country, including three children, with others still missing.
The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong was
forecast to cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1,118-mile-wide
(1,800km) band of rain and wind.
In Pandan, Catanduanes province, one of the worst-affected areas, footage and
photos from disaster response authorities showed flood waters rising to the
rooftops and houses being washed away. At least one person was killed in flash
flooding as civil defence workers rescued more than a dozen others.
“Our personnel rescued 14 people who were trapped on the roof of a house
engulfed in flood in a low-lying neighbourhood,” Roberto Monterola, a
disaster-mitigation officer for Catanduanes, told the
Associated Press. “A
father also called in panic, saying the roof of his house was about to be
ripped off by the wind. We saved him and four relatives.”
At least eight people have been confirmed dead by authorities as of Monday
evening. In the northern province of Nueva Vizcaya, three children died in
landslides and four others were injured, police told the
Associated Press.
An elderly person was killed in a mudslide in Barlig, a town in northern
mountain province. Another landslide in Lubuagan, a town in nearby Kalinga
province, killed two people and two others were missing, provincial officials
said late Monday. Earlier in the day, officials had reported one person drowned
in the Catanduanes, and another killed when her house collapsed on her in
eastern Samar.
The super-typhoon was downgraded to a typhoon in the early hours of Monday
morning, as it crossed the Philippines’ largest island, where the capital city
is located. The storm’s sustained wind speed had dropped from 115mph (185km/h)
to 102mph, but gusts were still reaching more than 171mph, according to the
state weather service PAGASA. The storm system is expected to continue
weakening as it moves north toward Taiwan."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
