11 people, including a nine-month-old baby girl, have died in the severe tropical storm. Philippines.
Tropical Storm Yagi – locally known as Enteng – caused heavy rains and floods and landslides. There was travel chaos across much of the northern part of the country, with ferries and flights cancelled.
Schools and government offices were closed in the capital region, thousands of people were preparing to evacuate flooded villages near rivers, and the coast was hit with winds of 47mph and gusts of 56 mph.
The eastern city of Naga was the worst hit as the storm made landfall overnight, killing two, including a baby girl who drowned as floodwaters rose, rescuers said.
“Floods were above head height in some areas,” said Joshua Tuazon of the city’s public safety office, as hundreds of residents were rescued.
Landslides hit two mountain villages near the city of Antipolo, west of the capital Manila, on Monday, killing at least three people, including a pregnant woman, officials said. Four other villagers drowned in swollen creeks.
On Sunday, two landslides in the central city of Cebu killed two people and destroyed five houses.
Storm warnings were also raised in Luzon, the country’s most populous region, and sirens sounded along the crowded banks of the Marikina River on the eastern edge of the capital to warn residents of rising water risks.
In Northern Samar province, the coast guard used rubber boats and ropes to evacuate 40 villagers Sunday in two villages trapped in waist-to-chest floods.
According to the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Typhoon Yagi may soon move towards southern China.
The Philippines, which lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, is prone to natural disasters, including earthquakes, and the archipelago is almost disaster-stricken. 20 storms and typhoons Every year.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the world’s strongest recorded tropical cyclones, hit the central Philippines, killing or missing more than 7,300 people and displacing more than five million people.
In July, floods and landslides killed more than 30 people By Typhoon Gamey.
Post Girl drowns as tropical storm hits Philippines appeared first The Telegraph.