Trail of destruction as Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines

A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of group to fly to emergency shelters arsenic it trim crossed nan bluish Philippines successful nan sixth awesome large wind to deed nan state successful little than a month.

Typhoon Man-yi slammed into nan eastbound land state of Catanduanes connected Saturday nighttime pinch sustained winds of up to 195km/h (125mph) and gusts of up to 240km/h (149mph). The country’s upwind agency warned of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation” successful provinces on its path.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties from nan typhoon, which was forecast to rustle northwestwards connected Sunday crossed bluish Luzon, nan archipelago’s astir populous region. The superior region of metropolitan Manila would apt beryllium spared from a nonstop deed but was placed, on pinch outlying regions, nether large wind alerts and warned of vulnerable coastal large wind surges.

The full state of Catanduanes had nary powerfulness aft nan typhoon knocked down trees and energy posts, and disaster-response teams were checking really galore much houses were damaged successful summation to those affected by erstwhile storms, he said. More than 750,000 group took refuge successful emergency shelters, including churches and a shopping mall, owed to Man-yi and 2 erstwhile storms mostly successful nan bluish Philippines, civilian defence charismatic Cesar Idio and different provincial officials said.

The uncommon number of back-to-back storms and typhoons that lashed Luzon successful conscionable 3 weeks has killed much than 160 people, affected 9 cardinal and caused specified extended harm to residential communities, infrastructure and farmlands that nan Philippines whitethorn person to import much rice, a staple nutrient for astir Filipinos. In an emergency gathering arsenic Man-yi approached, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr asked his furniture and provincial officials to brace for “the worst-case scenario”.

The Philippines is battered by astir 20 typhoons and storms each year. It is often deed by earthquakes and has much than a twelve progressive volcanoes, making it 1 of nan world’s astir disaster-prone countries.