MANILA
\nMore than 1.2 million people have been evacuated in eight regions of the Philippines as the country braces for the impact of the sixth tropical cyclone to hit in the past month, the Office of Civil Defense said on Sunday.
\nSuper Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the coastal island of Catanduanes in the typhoon-prone Bicol region on Saturday evening, as the national weather agency warned of \u201cpotentially catastrophic and life-threatening situations.\u201d
\nFive other storms \u2014 Usagi, Trami, Kong-rey, Yinxing and Toraji \u2014 struck the Philippines since late October, killing at least 163 people, displacing millions and causing widespread destruction mainly in the country\u2019s north.
\nOCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said there were no immediate reports of casualties from Man-yi\u2019s impact, but government agencies were on alert as they expected flooding and landslides on Sunday and Monday.
\nResidents were evacuated in eight regions covering the northwestern, northeastern and central parts of Luzon \u2014 the country\u2019s most populous island \u2014 as well as the Bicol Peninsula in its southernmost part, the island provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, and Palawan, and parts of the Eastern Visayas, including Samar island.
\n\u201cWe did worst-case planning \u2026 In total, 361,079 families cooperated, that means 1.24 million individuals who went to the evacuation centers,\u201d Nepomuceno told Arab News.
\n\u201cFortunately, so far no one has been reported injured or killed. But we are not done yet because the storm is heading towards mainland Aurora \u2026 then to southern Aurora and northern Quezon, and then the typhoon will cross Central Luzon. It may exit La Union or Pangasinan, so we will look at that whole area.\u201d
\nHe said the main danger at the moment was from landslides as \u201cthe soils in the affected areas are already saturated.\u201d
\nIn Catanduanes, which was so far the worst hit, 11 of the island province\u2019s 16 towns sustained major damage.
\n\u201cMany houses were destroyed \u2026 because electric poles were toppled, there is no electricity in almost all of Catanduanes,\u201d Nepomuceno said.
\nThe Philippines is considered the country most at risk from natural disasters, according to the 2024 World Risk Report.
\nEach year, the Southeast Asian nation experiences around 20 tropical storms and typhoons, impacting millions of people as weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable and extreme due to climate change.
\nIn 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, displaced millions and left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the central Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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