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Philippines: Typhoon Melor kills three, affects millions
The Philippines conducted one of the largest mass evacuations in its recent history in preparation for Typhoon Melor, which roared through the storm-scarred central islands of the country on Tuesday, leaving floods, debris and widespread blackouts in its wake.
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Agency spokeswoman Romina Marasigan said they were trying to verify reports on DZMM that at least three other people died in Northern Samar two from drowning and one from hypothermia.
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“[The typhoon] is devastating, but the people were prepared”, said Capt. Clint Antipala, spokesman of the Philippine Army’s 903rd Brigade stationed in the province of Sorsogon.
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The typhoon tore in off the Pacific Ocean on Monday afternoon, December 14 and hit farming and fishing communities in the eastern Philippines with winds of up to 185 kilometers (115 miles) an hour.
The state weather bureau reported that by 11 a.m. on December 15, the typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kilometers per hour.
Typhoon Melor – locally known as Nona – slammed western Mindoro province Tuesday morning after wreaking havoc in the eastern part of the archipelago following its landfall Monday morning.
Authorities had yet to make contact with some of the badly hit areas and it was unclear if or by how much the death toll would climb.
The Philippines have already endured devastating Typhoon Koppu this year, which killed about 50 people.
But amid these grim reports, ABS-CBN News reported the birth of a baby boy in an evacuation centre in the town of Pasacor, Camarines Norte province in the Bicol Region at the height of typhoon Melor. He said the entire province of 1.2 million people was without power.
Millions of individuals have been additionally with out energy within the japanese Philippines and the central islands, with no ensures electrical energy can be restored earlier than Christmas.
“It may take three to four months to restore power in the province after power lines and electricity posts were toppled by strong winds”, he said.
The national disaster management agency said roughly 733,000 people had been pre-emptively evacuated as the storm approached.
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An average of 20 storms and typhoons hit the Philippines each year. Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in the world to hit land, killed more than 6,200 people in November 2013 and left more than a thousand missing.