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Fifth typhoon hits country in a month, Philippines prepares for severe flooding

2024-11-15 09:40:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Fifth typhoon hits country in a month, Philippines prepares for severe flooding

The fifth storm to hit the Philippines in a month made landfall on Thursday as authorities warned it could cause widespread flooding in a country already struggling to cope with the impact of previous disasters.

Four other typhoons - Trami, Kong-rey, Yinxing and Toraji - that have hit the Philippines since late October have killed at least 159 people, displaced millions and caused widespread destruction mainly in the north of the country, causing landslides and flooding entire cities.

The government was "on red alert due to the threats" of Typhoon Usagi - known locally as Ophel - which hit the country's most populous island of Luzon around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Philippines Civil Defense Office said.

Authorities were also bracing for another severe tropical storm, Man-yi, that churned in the Pacific and was expected to hit the northern Philippines this weekend.

“Preventive evacuation will be carried out starting in the Bicol region,” said Cesar Idio, officer-in-charge at the Office of Civil Defense, in a press conference.

Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in Bicol, southern Luzon, when Tropical Storm Trami swept through the region last month.

Typhoon Toraji left the north of the country just two days ago after causing flooding, downing power lines and forcing more than 42

"National and local governments are still actively responding to the remaining needs caused by Kristine, Leon, Marce and Nika, while response operations for Ofeli and preparations for Pepito are ongoing," Idio added, using the local names of recent storms.

The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent more than 1 billion pesos ($17 million) to help communities hit by the typhoon, the Presidential Communications Office said. The government has prepared about 2.2 billion pesos in funds and supplies this week for expected disaster response efforts.

Usagi had weakened and downgraded to a super typhoon after making landfall on Thursday, national weather agency PAGASA said.

However, the agency warned that the typhoon still held a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge" in the low-lying and coastal provinces of Batanes, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and Cagayan.

The Philippines is the country most at risk of natural disasters, according to the World Risk Report 2024.

Each year, the Southeast Asian nation sees around 20 tropical storms and typhoons affecting millions of people as the weather becomes more unpredictable and extreme due to climate change.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, displaced millions of people and left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the central Philippines.


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