Philippines struck anew by storm
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October 3, 2011, Monday
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RESCUERS scrambled yesterday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead.
Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela Province on Saturday, then barreled across the main island of Luzon's northern mountains and agricultural plains, which were still sodden from fierce rain and winds unleashed by a howler just days earlier. Nalgae left at least three people dead on Saturday. Typhoon Nesat killed 56 others and left 28 missing in the same region before blowing out on Friday.
Nalgae was whirling over the South China Sea and heading toward southern China late yesterday afternoon, 370 kilometers from the Philippines' northern coast, with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of 150kph, according to the Philippine government weather agency.
Nalgae's ferocious winds set off a rock slide in the northern mountain province of Bontoc in the Philippines on Saturday, causing boulders to roll down a mountainside and smash a passing van, where a passenger was pinned to death and another was injured, police said.
In Tarlac Province's Camiling town, a man sought safety with his two young nephews as flooding rose in their village on Saturday. But one of the children was swept away by rampaging waters and drowned. His uncle and brother were missing.
Nalgae roared through parts of Luzon that had been saturated by Typhoon Nesat, which trapped thousands on rooftops and sent huge waves that breached a seawall in Manila Bay. Nesat then pummeled southern China and was downgraded to a tropical storm just before churning into northern Vietnam, where 20,000 people were evacuated.
Seven towns north of Manila were still flooded yesterday, including Calumpit in rice-growing Bulacan Province, where hundreds of residents remained trapped on rooftops in four villages for the fourth day, many desperately waving for help. Rescuers aboard rubber boats could not reach them because of narrow alleys. Two air force helicopters were ordered deployed to drop water and food packs to the marooned villagers.
Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela Province on Saturday, then barreled across the main island of Luzon's northern mountains and agricultural plains, which were still sodden from fierce rain and winds unleashed by a howler just days earlier. Nalgae left at least three people dead on Saturday. Typhoon Nesat killed 56 others and left 28 missing in the same region before blowing out on Friday.
Nalgae was whirling over the South China Sea and heading toward southern China late yesterday afternoon, 370 kilometers from the Philippines' northern coast, with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of 150kph, according to the Philippine government weather agency.
Nalgae's ferocious winds set off a rock slide in the northern mountain province of Bontoc in the Philippines on Saturday, causing boulders to roll down a mountainside and smash a passing van, where a passenger was pinned to death and another was injured, police said.
In Tarlac Province's Camiling town, a man sought safety with his two young nephews as flooding rose in their village on Saturday. But one of the children was swept away by rampaging waters and drowned. His uncle and brother were missing.
Nalgae roared through parts of Luzon that had been saturated by Typhoon Nesat, which trapped thousands on rooftops and sent huge waves that breached a seawall in Manila Bay. Nesat then pummeled southern China and was downgraded to a tropical storm just before churning into northern Vietnam, where 20,000 people were evacuated.
Seven towns north of Manila were still flooded yesterday, including Calumpit in rice-growing Bulacan Province, where hundreds of residents remained trapped on rooftops in four villages for the fourth day, many desperately waving for help. Rescuers aboard rubber boats could not reach them because of narrow alleys. Two air force helicopters were ordered deployed to drop water and food packs to the marooned villagers.
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