Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared a suspension of government work and classes for next Monday (26), after a category 3 tropical storm swept across the main island of Luzon after hitting the northeast of the capital Manila. .
Nearly 8,400 people were preemptively evacuated from the path of Typhoon Noru, which then weakened with sustained winds of 175 km/h and gusts of up to 290 km/h after hitting land, the country’s state weather agency said in its latest alert.
Flights were cancelled, ferries disrupted and bus routes were closed due to heavy rains and high winds that toppled trees and power lines.
Marcos has suspended classes and work in Luzon, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the economy and about half of the country’s 110 million people.
The Philippine Stock Exchange said trading will be suspended on Monday.
“Utilities have collapsed and homes made of lightweight materials near the coast have been damaged,” Nelson Egargue, disaster chief for Aurora province, where Typhoon Noru made landfall, told radio station DZRH.
The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, experiences an average of 20 tropical storms a year, which cause flooding and landslides. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful cyclones ever observed, killed 6,300 people.
Source: CNN Brasil
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