Mousson rains and typhoons that fell on the Philippines affected more than 100 thousand people throughout the country, many of them were evacuated to safe areas. This was reported by the Philippine News Agency (PNA) with reference to the National Council to reduce the risk of disasters and their management (NDRRMC).
according to the department, the bad weather affected more than 28 thousand households in various regions of the country. 187 families were placed in the evacuation centers, another 173 found temporary housing outside these centers.
The authorities specified that 2 people were killed as a result of the revelry of the elements, 2 more were injured, and 5 are missing. Strengthened to Supertayfun as it approaches the north-eastern coast, will reach or pass near the island of Babuyan. Residents were given warnings about destructive winds.
“Ragasa” first arose on September 16 as a tropical storm in the western part of the Pacific, but gradually intensified and outgrown into a supertayfun, the wind speed of which reaches 260 kilometers per hour. In this regard, in the Philippines, storm and emergency warnings are declared in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
according to forecasts of weather forecasters, the first supernetafun in the Pacific, after exposure to the north of the Philippines and the south of Taiwan, will continue to move through the Basi Strait and can reach the southern coast of China and North Vietnam.