![]() ![]() Police and firemen cut an uprooted tree blocking a road in Santa Ana, in Cagayan province Typhoon threatens China ![]() ![]() Strong winds and heavy rain pummelled the lightly populated Babuyan islands and northern provinces, triggering flooding and landslides. Typhoon Doksuri battered the main island of Luzon on Wednesday, toppling trees, knocking out power and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people from coastal communities. “They went to the port side of the motor banca, causing the boat to tilt and capsize,” coastguard spokesman Rear Admiral Armand Balilo told a Manila radio station. The MBCA Princess Aya was just 45 metres from the shore of Binangonan town in Rizal province, east of Manila, when it was pummelled on its way to Talim Island by a gust of wind, causing the passengers to panic. On Thursday, more than 20 people were confirmed dead in the country after a passenger boat capsized. In the Philippines, at least eight people died as the typhoon savaged the region with strong winds and heavy rains. China has braced for the imminent landfall of Typhoon Doksuri, as its national observatory renewed its most severe weather alert after overnight heavy rainfall in the country’s southwest.Īccording to a state media report, three coastal cities in Fujian province shut schools, businesses and factories on Thursday, while flood control authorities in one of them, Xiamen, warned of a “serious impact”. ![]()
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