Super Typhoon Fung-wong Slams philippines,Triggering Mass Evacuations
The Philippines is bracing for the full โforce of Super Typhoon fung-wong after it made landfall Saturday,prompting theโ evacuation of over a million people from high-risk areas. โคAuthorities haveโ launched โขrescueโ operations as the storm brings torrential โขrain and destructive winds, threatening โฃwidespread โflooding, landslides, and coastal surges.
Rescue teams have already been deployed to assist those in immediate danger. “Our personnel rescued 14 people who were trapped on the roof of a โคhouse engulfed in floodโ in โฃa โคlow-lying neighbourhood,” reported Mr. Monterola, a rescue official. Anotherโ family was saved after a father contacted authorities fearing hisโ home’sโ roofโ would be ripped offโ by the wind. “We saved โคhim and four relatives.”
Evacuations are โfocused on north-eastern provinces, including โBicol, a region especially โvulnerable to cyclones and mudflows from the active Mayon volcano. โDefence secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned of the possibly โ”catastrophic impact” of Fung-wong in televised remarks, emphasizing the storm’s โpotential โto affect a vastโข area, including Cebu โฃprovince โฃ- previously devastated by a strong typhoon – and the densely โpopulated metropolitan Manila. โค
The Office of Civil Defence estimates more thanโข 30 million people are potentially โฃexposed to hazards from the typhoon. Authorities are urging residents to heed evacuation orders andโ seek shelter away โคfrom flood-prone and landslide-risk areas. “We need to do this because whenโฃ it’s already rainingโ or the typhoon has โhit and flooding has โคstarted, it’s hard to rescue people,” Teodoroโ said.
The Philippines isโค frequently battered โby typhoons, wiht the archipelago nationโข situated alongโ a โคmajor Pacific storm track.
