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Typhoon heads for Vietnam after killing ten in Philippines
Typhoon Cimaron churned towards central Vietnam yesterday after killing at least 10 people and displacing thousands in the northern Philippines with fierce winds and raging waters.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 November 1, 2006
Manila: Typhoon Cimaron churned towards central Vietnam yesterday after killing at least 10 people and displacing thousands in the northern Philippines with fierce winds and raging waters.
Cimaron slammed into Luzon, the Philippines' most populated island and its rice bowl, on Sunday night as a maximum category five storm or "super typhoon", tearing up trees, power lines and roofs and destroying houses and roads.
The typhoon, the second to hit the Philippines in over a month, weakened as it swept out of the archipelago on Monday and was churning westwards towards Vietnam with winds of 120 km per hour and gusts of up to 150 km per hour.
Storm tracker www.tropicalstormrisk.com showed Cimaron picking up speed and tipping northwards en route to Vietnam, bringing stormy weather to Hong Kong and the Chinese island of Hainan.
Cimaron is expected to hit Vietnam as a category 1 typhoon on Friday morning.
At least five people were reported drowned or killed by falling trees in the Philippine coastal province of Isabela, according to local mayor Renato Candido. There were at least five other reported fatalities, disaster officials said.
Landslides
The Office of Civil Defence said police were still verifying reports of several landslides.
Over 2,000 people were evacuated to makeshift accommodation while nearly 180,000 were affected by wind damage, landslides and flooding. Power was slowly returning to four provinces.
The storm disrupted thousands of travellers on the move for the Roman Catholic festivals of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day today and tomorrow, when millions of Filipinos throng cemeteries to honour their dead.
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