MANILA: A number of communities stay flooded and with out energy after a robust storm battered the Philippines’ northernmost islands, the authorities stated on Sunday (Sep 12), displacing hundreds of individuals.
Storm Chanthu, which at one level was categorised by the Philippine climate bureau as a class 5 storm, has weakened after powering into the northernmost area, together with the Batanes island group, on Saturday, the climate bureau stated.
“It is one of many strongest typhoons I’ve felt,” stated Dennis Ballesteros Valdez, a resident of Sabtang city within the province of Batanes, which is commonly pummelled by highly effective typhoons.
“It might have been extra harmful if the homes weren’t constructed as robust,” Valdez stated.
Footage taken by Valdez confirmed highly effective winds and rains battering homes in Sabtang on Saturday morning.
Greater than 11,000 individuals have been affected by the storm, with greater than 1,000 nonetheless in evacuation facilities, the catastrophe company stated in a report. No casualties have been reported but.
Chanthu has been downgraded to class 3, in accordance with Tropical Storm Threat, because it brushed Taiwan and drenched the island with heavy rain.
Round 20 typhoons hit the Philippines on common annually, in accordance with the climate authorities.
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