 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| . |  |
. |
Five dead, seven missing as storm whips Philippines: official
Manila (AFP) June 24, 2009 At least five people have been killed and seven others are missing as tropical storm Nangka sweeps over the central Philippines, officials said Wednesday. Packing winds of up to 83 kilometres (52 miles) an hour -- with gusts of up to 102 kilometres (63 miles) an hour -- the storm brought floods, landslides and power cuts across small islands in the centre of the archipelago. Four fishermen drowned off Alabat island southeast of Manila late Tuesday as they tried to steer their boat to shelter from the approaching cyclone, said Perez municipal police chief Inspector Susan Planas. Eleven other crew members were rescued but one of them was injured, she said in a telephone interview. One person drowned off the island of Cebu and six others were missing off Cebu and Samar islands. A child was also missing in a flooded section of Romblon island, the civil defence office said. A school and 69 houses were either destroyed or damaged, while more than 3,000 people fled their homes in Romblon, Leyte, Samar and Biliran islands due to rising floodwaters. Ferries were barred from sailing, leaving 4,700 passengers and 246 vessels stranded, while 29 other vessels sought shelter in nearby ports, the government agency said. Power was now being slowly restored on some of the islands, it said. A school holiday has been declared in Manila and in other areas in the storm's path. Weather services plotted the storm over Calapan city on Mindoro island, south of Manila at 4:00pm (0800 GMT) and said the eye should be over the South China Sea off the western coast of the main island of Luzon by early Thursday. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Weather News at TerraDaily.com
Storm kills 14 in China, thousands homeless: govtShanghai (AFP) June 15, 2009 At least 14 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured in a severe hail storm that destroyed thousands of homes across eastern China's Anhui province, authorities said Monday. More than 10,000 people had to be evacuated and nearly 9,700 houses collapsed in the storm on Sunday that caused an estimated 450 million yuan (65 million dollars') worth of damage, Anhui's Civil Affairs ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook