Kalmaegi was expected to batter the nation’s lightly populated far north with 120km per hour winds, the national weather service said yesterday.
Heavy rains were forecast to swell rivers, cut off roads and threaten low-lying communities in Cagayan province, where officials guided residents towards shelter. “We’re expecting falling trees and houses that could be inundated by floods,” provincial police chief Ariel Quilang said.The disaster-prone nation is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, killing hundreds and condemning many areas in their path to perpetual poverty.
The weather bureau raised landslide warnings across the mountainous interior of the country’s north, also warning of floods and waves up to two metres high in coastal areas. At least a dozen domestic flights have been cancelled and schools shut down due to Kalmaegi, while small sea vessels were ordered to stay ashore with gale conditions forecast at sea. — AFP
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