The typhoon produced record rainfall, a lot in order that the subsequent day, Thursday (12/11), massive floods paralyzed just about all of Manila. Rescue operations for residents were carried out in several cities of the capital. Tens of hundreds of individuals reportedly tried to paddle out of the floodwaters in rubber boats, small motorboats, kayaks and even jet skis.
The Bicol Region Office of Civil Defense reported at the very least one person dead and three missing. The country’s weather agency forecast that two to a few more typhoons will hit the Philippines in November, and one other two to 2 in December.
In Marikina cities and Rizal province, residents fled to the upper floors of their homes as floods intensified rapidly. A 78 km long river overflowed, causing massive flooding.
“We are overwhelmed by the extent of the flooding we’re currently experiencing. We are preparing for the worst-case scenario,” Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro told DZBB radio station on Thursday, as quoted by the Straits Times website.
Teodoro received reports early Thursday morning from several residents on the roof of their home who were already affected by hypothermia. “Many are afraid,” he said.
He pleaded with the country’s civil defense forces to send helicopters to assist. According to city reports, as much as 40,000 houses are underwater, and the town only has 50 rubber boats to deliver.
This typhoon is named Vamco Cyclonewhich is locally generally known as Ulysses. The typhoon hit around 10:30 p.m. in the town of Patnanungan in Quezon province, 130 kilometers east of the capital Manila. The typhoon hit with wind speeds of as much as 150 km/h and maximum gusts of as much as 205 km/h.
The typhoon was not considered to be of particular concern since it was classified as a tropical storm for much of its journey across the Pacific. However, the typhoon quickly gained strength because it approached the eastern coast of Luzon after which rolled just 60 kilometers north of Manila on its technique to the South China Sea.
Strong winds and heavy rains lashed Metro Manila from late Wednesday to noon Thursday. On Thursday morning, a lot of the metropolis, home to about 13 million people, was waist-deep in flooding. Trees, electricity poles and plenty of debris littered the road. The principal highway is impassable. Nearly 4 million people suffer from long-term power outages. Teodoro said Vamco controlled Marikina, which was at all times susceptible to flooding resulting from its proximity to the river.
Typhoon Vamconext Typhoon Goni, was one in every of the strongest to hit the Philippines in years, with wind speeds exceeding 300 km/h. Goni is anticipated to devastate Metro Manila and its southern region. At least 26 people were killed and almost 1,000,000 were displaced. However, by the top of the day, most had passed through Metro Manila and no casualties were reported there.
Vamko now brings back memories Typhoon Ketsana. That 2009 typhoon killed 246 people, caused widespread flooding in metro Manila from a month’s rainfall in a 24-hour period, and overwhelmed emergency services.
Source: thejakartapost.com, Republika.co.id
