- Title: Philippines prepares for incoming super typhoon
- Date: 14th September 2018
- Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (SEPTEMBER 14, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS PACKING RELIEF GOODS CANNED GOODS IN BOX VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS PACKING RELIEF GOODS VOLUNTEERS PACKING RICE VOLUNTEER WEIGHING RICE BAGS CONTAINING RICE VOLUNTEER SEALING STACK OF RELIEF GOODS VOLUNTEERS PACKING RELIEF GOODS VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS PULLING STACKS OF RELIEF GOODS ON TROLLEYS BOX READING
- Embargoed: 28th September 2018 09:41
- Keywords: super typhoon typhoon Super Typhoon Mangkhut Philippines evacuation typhoon preparations typhoon preps
- Location: BATANES, SORSOGON, CAGAYAN AND MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- City: BATANES, SORSOGON, CAGAYAN AND MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA0028XLJYV9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Philippine authorities evacuated more areas on Friday (September 14) and warned an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of a powerful typhoon to stay indoors, as the country braced for heavy rain and damage to infrastructure and crops.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to barrel through the northernmost tip of the Philippines early on Saturday (September 15), carrying 205 kph (127 mph) wind speeds, and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph), that it has maintained since it struck Micronesia earlier in the week.
More than 9,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters as Mangkhut, locally known as Ompong, makes its way towards the rice- and corn-producing provinces of Cagayan and Isabela where it is forecast to make landfall at dawn.
The coast guard said about 5,000 passengers were stranded at several ports by the impending storm, which will head on towards southern China and Vietnam.
The capital, Manila, and more than three dozen northern and central provinces have been placed under storm warning signals. Classes have been suspended and government offices shut early in more than 600 places, while military personnel, medical and emergency response teams were put on stand by. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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