At least 76 people have been reported killed in the central and northern Philippines by Tropical Storm Trami. Landslides and floods have left residents of the region stranded in their homes. About 320,000 people have been displaced.
Al Jazeera reported this information on Friday (October 25).
According to reports, rescue workers are continuing to rescue trapped residents. Some areas received two months worth of rain in just two days. The storm left the Philippines early this morning and moved west over the South China Sea.
Roads in some areas have turned into rivers due to floods. Half of some cities were buried under mud due to the storm.
A government survey on Thursday night revealed that 193,000 people have been evacuated in the face of heavy flooding. Most of whom are from the Bicol region of the country. More than 30,000 people in the region were forced to flee in the face of flash floods on Wednesday.
At least 47 people have been killed in a landslide in Batangas province, south of the capital Manila, according to the police chief of the Philippines’ Batangas province. Another 17 villagers are missing.
Floodwaters and landslides have killed 29 people in the central Philippines’ Bicol region, the Philippine National Police said. At least 11 of the victims drowned. Nine others were injured and four are reported to be missing in the incident.
Disaster mitigation officials told AP that more than 2.6 million people have been affected by the floods and nearly 320,000 have been displaced.
Meanwhile, 7 thousand 510 passengers are stuck at the port and 36 flights have been canceled till Friday due to the impact of this storm.
As of Friday afternoon, the storm’s peak position was known to be moving northwest toward Vietnam.
About 20 major storms and typhoons hit the Philippines or its surrounding seas every year, damaging homes, infrastructure, and killing many people.
A recent study found that climate change is causing storms in the Asia-Pacific region to hit faster and intensify closer to coastlines and have longer-lasting effects on the region’s landmasses.
