19 missing as typhoon approaches Philippines
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July 14, 2010, Wednesday
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NINETEEN fishermen were reported missing as the Philippines' first typhoon of the year barreled toward the country's east coast yesterday, prompting flight and ferry cancellations, school closures and warnings of floods and landslides.
The military and coast guard are searching for the fishermen, who ventured to sea despite the rough weather in northeastern Catanduanes province, officials said.
Thirty-three of the country's 81 provinces and the capital Manila have been placed under storm alert, and residents in low-lying communities and near mountains and hills have been told to evacuate at any sign of danger.
"(We) don't (want them to) wait for the wall of water or rolling boulders," Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said. "Families should evacuate preventively if they're in the path of the typhoon."
Typhoon Conson, with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 150 kilometers per hour, was expected to make landfall late yesterday in mountainous Aurora or Quezon provinces in the rural northeast.
The military and coast guard are searching for the fishermen, who ventured to sea despite the rough weather in northeastern Catanduanes province, officials said.
Thirty-three of the country's 81 provinces and the capital Manila have been placed under storm alert, and residents in low-lying communities and near mountains and hills have been told to evacuate at any sign of danger.
"(We) don't (want them to) wait for the wall of water or rolling boulders," Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said. "Families should evacuate preventively if they're in the path of the typhoon."
Typhoon Conson, with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 150 kilometers per hour, was expected to make landfall late yesterday in mountainous Aurora or Quezon provinces in the rural northeast.
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