Philippines: Number Of Victims Of Floods And Landslides Increased To 26

In the Philippines, as a result of monsoon rains and typhoons, the number of dead increased to 26 people, about 2.8 million inhabitants suffered from the consequences of natural disasters.

As the Philippine News Agency (PNA) with reference to the National Council for reducing disaster risks (NDRRMC), as a result of floods and landslides of 33 people They were injured, 14 are listed as missing.

The elements damaged 8,916 houses in different regions of the country.

The first among the mentioned typhoons was Ragas, which was formed on September 16 as a tropical storm in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Approaching the north-eastern coast of the Philippines, it intensified to the “supernettun” with a wind speed of up to 260 km/h.

In this connection, storm warnings and extreme readiness regimes in the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong were announced.