Typhoon Philippines

2022 - 9 - 26

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Thousands in the Philippines are evacuating from the capital ahead ... (WJCT NEWS)

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern Philippines on Sunday and was barreling across the main Luzon island toward the capital ...

About 20 storms and typhoons batter the Philippines each year. It's on track to hit Vietnam later in the week still maintaining its powerful winds. The typhoon's eye could pass about 40 to 50 kilometers (25 to 30 miles) from metropolitan Manila, "which is nearly a direct hit," Malano said. Coastal communities could be hit by tidal surges as high as 3 meters (about 10 feet) in Quezon province, including Polillo island and nearby Aurora province. "If we fall into the water, I don't know where I will end up with my children." Melchor Avenilla Jr., who heads Quezon's disaster-response office, said law enforcers were under orders to forcibly move people who refuse to leave their homes.

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Typhoon Noru hits Philippines, thousands evacuated as fierce rains ... (ABC News)

A powerful typhoon has slammed into the north-eastern Philippines and is barrelling across the main Luzon island toward the capital, in a densely populated ...

It's on track to hit Vietnam later in the week still maintaining its powerful winds. The typhoon is forecast to sweep through the main Luzon Island overnight and into the South China Sea on Monday. A powerful typhoon has slammed into the north-eastern Philippines and is barrelling across the main Luzon island toward the capital, in a densely populated path where thousands have been evacuated to safety.

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Philippines' Marcos orders aid for typhoon-struck areas, five ... (Reuters)

Philippine authorities rushed on Monday to distribute aid to thousands of evacuees after typhoon Noru made landfall in the capital and northern provinces, ...

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, killed 6,300 people. Noru made landfall as a category 3 typhoon and but weakened as it traversed land on Sunday night. The local government had started clearing fallen trees and other debris, she said.

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