Philippines evacuates half a million people as super typhoon Man-y approaches
Kyiv • UNN
Super Typhoon Man-yi with winds of up to 230 km/h is approaching the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Authorities are evacuating more than 500,000 people due to the threat of catastrophic storm surges and devastating floods.
On Sunday, a super typhoon is approaching the largest island of the Philippines, and more than half a million people will seek shelter. UNN writes about this with reference to CNN.
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Super typhoon Man-i, also known as Pepito, made landfall for the first time on the coast of the island province of Catanduanes on Saturday evening and then headed offshore toward the main island of Luzon. It is expected to make landfall on Sunday evening. The storm is expected to bring several meters of potentially catastrophic storm surges, damaging winds and power outages, severe flooding and landslides across a large area of eastern Luzon.
Man-i is the fourth strong typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than two weeks. The storm is predicted to make landfall farther south than the previous three, and therefore will affect many more people. Man-i is expected to weaken considerably as it passes through Luzon, home to more than half of the country's population. But it will still create a potentially dangerous and life-threatening situation.
Experts say that the maximum wind speed in the center of Man-yi is 185 kilometers per hour, and gusts reach 230 kilometers per hour - the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.
On the eve of Man-i's arrival, more than 500 thousand people were evacuated in the Bicol region of Luzon. This number is expected to grow.
Earlier, at least 26 thousand people in the northern province of Samar were evacuated on Friday and Saturday. Another 18 thousand people were previously evacuated from the provinces of Eastern Samar and Samar.
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Last week, Typhoon Yinxing hit the northeast of the Philippines with winds equivalent to a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane. There were no casualties, but the storm brought heavy rains, storm surges and landslides.
Experts warn that Southeast Asia is already one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions, making it more susceptible to extreme weather conditions such as heat waves, storm surges, and flooding.
This year, the Philippine capital of Manila and parts of Luzon were hit by devastating floods from Typhoon Hemi in July. In September, the country was also hit by the powerful Typhoon Yagi, which killed dozens of peopleas it swept through southern China and Southeast Asia.
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