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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday raised tropical cyclone warnings in nine provinces and warned a mountainous region of potential landslides ahead of a typhoon that threatened storm surges and floods. by strong winds and rain.
Typhoon Yutu, which wreaked havoc last week with a direct impact on the Northern Mariana Islands, is expected to hit the ground on Tuesday morning and cross the main island of Luzon before leaving the Philippines 24 hours later. announced the PAGASA meteorological agency.
Yutu was a Category 3 storm on Monday, with sustained winds reaching 170 km / h and gusts of up to 210 km / h.
It was less intense than four days ago, when a super typhoon crossed the Marianas, an American archipelago of the Western Pacific of 52,000 inhabitants, which destroyed the roofs, overturned vehicles and cut off electricity and electricity. water.
Nine provinces in northern Luzon were raised to alert 2 on a 5-point scale, and another 20 were alerted earlier, with high winds and expected rains later Monday. The mountainous region of the Cordillera has been red alerted in the event of a landslide.
Known locally as Rosita, the typhoon will be the 18th to hit the Philippines this year and comes six weeks after Typhoon Mangkhut passed through Luzon, causing landslides that killed dozens of people and damaged about 180 million dollars of crops.
Classes were suspended in at least five provinces and fishermen from Luzon and the eastern seaboard were advised not to go to sea. All boat services in the port city of Batangas, about 83 km south of Manila, were suspended Monday.
About half of the 105 million people in the Philippines live in the Luzon area. The country is struck on average by 20 typhoons each year.
Report by Martin Petty and Karen Lema; edited by Darren Schuettler
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