Monday, August 12, 2013
23 missing as Typhoon Utor hits Philippines
A powerful Typhoon with the strongest storm of the year has
hit the northern Philippines, leaving at least 23 fishermen missing. The storm made landfall in the north of the
main island of Luzon early on Monday, bring winds of up to 200km/h and
torrential rain.
Power lines were brought down in some places and ferries
were suspended, stranding thousands of passengers. The Philippines is battered
by an average of 20 typhoons or storms a year, many of them deadly.
At 8:30 am, the storm
was sweeping the northern province of Nueva Vizcaya and Typhoon Utor is
expected to remain in the northern Philippines for most of Monday before moving
out to the South China Sea. Heavy rain
hit the capital, Manila, where some schools were closed, but there were no
reports of major flooding.
A number of domestic flights were also cancelled. The missing
fishermen all come from Catanduanes, an island province off Luzon’s east coast.
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