US EditionThousands flee Philippine coast as storm approaches
More than 9,000 residents evacuated as Tropical Storm Fengshen threatens Catanduanes with heavy rain and coastal flooding amid recent deadly earthquakes and typhoons.
- On Oct 18, thousands left their homes on Catanduanes island, Philippine Pacific coast as rescue officials warned of coastal flooding ahead of Tropical Storm Fengshen.
- The government weather service warned Fengshen will bring heavy rainfall and a minimal to moderate risk of coastal flooding from 1m to 2m waves, with the storm eye expected to brush Catanduanes later on Saturday with gusts up to 80km/h.
- The Catanduanes provincial government ordered local officials to activate evacuation plans for high-risk areas, and officials said the evacuations follow well-rehearsed drills on the island.
- Nearly 17,000 residents of Albay province moved to safer ground as neighbouring Sorsogon province called for pre-emptive evacuations, and a second landfall was expected on the main island of Luzon on Sunday morning.
- Fengshen arrives as the Philippines reels from recent quakes that killed at least 87 people over three weeks, and scientists warn storms are becoming more powerful as the planet warms.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of residents of a Philippine island left their homes along the Pacific coast Saturday as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen, rescue officials said.
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Thousands flee Philippine coast as storm approaches
MANILA: Thousands of residents of the Philippines left their homes along the Pacific coast on Saturday (Oct 18) as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of Tropical Storm Fengshen's landfall.The storm was forecast to hit Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000 people, late Saturday with gus
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MANILA, Oct 18 — Thousands of residents of a Philippine island left their homes along the Pacific coast Saturday as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen, rescue officials said.The eye of the storm was forecast to brush past Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000 people, later in the day with gusts of up to 80 kilometres (50 miles) an hour.Fengshen will bring heavy rainfall, along wit…
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