Current:Home > reviewsStorm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 9 dead -Mastery Money Tools
Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 9 dead
View
Date:2025-04-14 21:47:19
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, leaving at least 9 people dead and prompting authorities to suspend classes and government work in the densely populated capital region.
Tropical Storm Yagi was blowing 115 kilometers (71 miles) northeast of Infanta town in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, by midday on Monday with sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 90 kph (56 mph), according to the weather bureau.
The storm, locally called Enteng, was moving northwestward at 15 kph (9 mph) near the eastern coast of the main northern region of Luzon, where the weather bureau warned of possible flash floods and landslides in mountainous provinces.
A landslide hit two small shanties on a hillside in Antipolo city on Monday in Rizal province just to the west of the capital, killing at least three people, including a pregnant woman, disaster-mitigation officer Enrilito Bernardo Jr.
Four other villagers drowned in swollen creeks, he said.
National police spokesperson Col Jean Fajardo told reporters without elaborating that two other people died and 10 others were injured in landslides set off by the storm in the central Philippines.
Two residents died in stormy weather in Naga city in eastern Camarines Sur province, where floodwaters swamped several communities, police said. Authorities were verifying if the deaths, including one caused by electrocution, were weather-related.
Storm warnings were raised in a large swath of Luzon, the country’s most populous region, including in metropolitan Manila, where schools at all levels and most government work were suspended due to the storm.
Along the crowded banks of Marikina River in the eastern fringes of the capital, a siren was sounded in the morning to warn thousands of residents to brace for evacuation in case the river water continues to rise and overflows due to heavy rains.
In the provinces of Cavite, south of Manila, and Northern Samar, in the country’s central region, coast guard personnel used rubber boats and ropes to rescue and evacuate dozens of villagers who were engulfed in waist- to chest-high floods, the coast guard said.
Sea travel was temporarily halted in several ports affected by the storm, stranding more than 3,300 ferry passengers and cargo workers, and several domestic flights were suspended due to the stormy weather.
Downpours have also caused water to rise to near-spilling level in Ipo dam in Bulacan province, north of Manila, prompting authorities to schedule a release of a minimal amount of water later Monday that they say would not endanger villages downstream.
About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippines each year. The archipelago lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the Southeast Asian nation one of the world’s most disaster-prone.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones in the world, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages, swept ships inland and displaced more than 5 million people in the central Philippines.
___
Associated Press journalists Aaron Favila and Joeal Calupitan contributed to this report.
veryGood! (753)
Related
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Indiana AG Rokita reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided 10-year-old rape victim's abortion
- Israeli airstrikes target Hamas in Jabaliya refugee camp; Gaza officials say civilians killed
- Earthquake rocks northwest Nepal, felt as far as India’s capital
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- 15 UN peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from northern Mali were injured by 2 explosive devices
- Bass Reeves deserves better – 'Lawmen' doesn't do justice to the Black U.S. marshal
- Why Kim Kardashian Really Fired Former Assistant Steph Shep
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Jessica Simpson Celebrates 6 Years of Sobriety With Moving Throwback Message
Ranking
- Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
- At least 9 wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine. European Commission head visits Kyiv
- Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched
- Investigators are being sent to US research base on Antarctica to look into sexual violence concerns
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- House passes GOP-backed $14.3 billion Israel aid bill despite Biden veto threat
- Bankman-Fried’s trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry
- Judges toss lawsuit targeting North Dakota House subdistricts for tribal nations
Recommendation
What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution
Captain Lee Rosbach Officially Leaving Below Deck: Meet His Season 11 Replacement
Prosecutor questions Florida dentist’s claim he was extorted, not a murder-for-hire mastermind
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
3 expert tips to fall back for daylight saving time 2023 without getting seasonal affective disorder
Pac-12 showdown and SEC clashes: The 7 biggest games of Week 10 in college football
'Priscilla' takes the romance out of a storied relationship