Disaster In Philipine As Typhoon Struck
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Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed 3 people and displaced 8,000
TYPHOON Kalmaegi has killed three people and displaced nearly 8,000 as it battered the northern Philippines.
THE national disaster relief agency says more than a dozen ferry trips and nearly 50 domestic flights were cancelled as the storm hit on Sunday, cutting off electricity in eight northern provinces.
Kalmaegi was packing maximum winds of 120km/h and gusts of up to 150km/h, the weather bureau said. Schools were closed in Manila and northern provinces. A ferry sank on Saturday evening in rough seas off the eastern province of Leyte, killing three people, the national disaster relief agency said. Rescuers saved 113 people from the boat that was en route to the southern city of Surigao.
In Manila, 15 crew members were rescued from a docked vessel that capsized after being battered by strong winds and big waves on Sundayevening, the Office of Civil Defence. Kalmaegi left some roads and bridges impassable in the northern Philippines, as floodwaters reached as high as 20 metres in the affected areas, officials said.
The weather bureau said the typhoon, which blew out of the Philippines on Monday, would bring more trailing rains to the northern provinces, while the seas would continue to be rough.
Source: APP
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