Super Typhoon Manyi brought devastating winds and rain to the Philippines this month, causing thousands of people to evacuate as the country struggles to recover from a series of powerful storms.
The Category 5 storm is heading towards the eastern part of Luzon’s main and largest island with strong winds of 185 km/h, and the weather agency has issued the second-highest alert for Catanduanes and Camarines Sur provinces.
The storm caused dozens of flights to be canceled in the eastern Pacific Ocean region of the Visayas over the weekend and is expected to make landfall around Catanduanes Island late Saturday or early Sunday.
Nearly 180,000 people have been evacuated in the central Bicol region, according to disaster authority data. Manyi, locally known as Pepito, is the sixth tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in the past month.
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that “Pepito’s intensity is approaching its peak.” “Super Typhoon Pepito is further intensifying and a potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation is looming in northeastern Bicol,” the forecaster said, according to CNA.
The Japan Meteorological Agency also warned of dangerous storm surges exceeding 14 meters in height in coastal areas of Luzon.
Manyi was expected to weaken as it passed the islands, but the Japan Meteorological Agency said the storm would likely remain a typhoon until it reached the South China Sea.
The federal government urges people to heed warnings and “not wait until the moment of danger before evacuating or seeking help,” adding, “If we do so, not only our lives but the lives of our rescuers are at risk.” “This is because you are exposing yourself to…” he added. Undersecretary Marlo Iringan said.
Myrna Perea, a grocer from Legazpi City who had evacuated to a school with her husband and three children, said, “The house is made of light materials, so I think it will collapse when we return.”It only took two gusts of wind to topple it.” “I can do it,” he said. AFP News agency.
“That’s why we evacuated. Even if our house was destroyed, the important thing is not to lose our family.”
On average, about 20 tropical cyclones strike the Philippines each year, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and deadly landslides. According to government statistics, 162 people died and 22 went missing in October due to flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Conrei.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing in the central Philippines, flattened entire villages, and caused ships to run aground and crash into homes. It occurred.
