ILAGAN, Philippines – A violent typhoon hit the northern Philippines on Tuesday, causing landslides killing at least six people and forcing thousands to flee villages that were still recovering from a deadly storm last month. , officials said.

Regional Police Commissioner Rolando Nana said the authorities were trying to verify a report that a landslide buried a government building under construction in Natonin, Mountain Province, and trapped more than 20 people. . Several landslides blocked the roads and prevented police officers from reaching the area, he said.

Typhoon Yutu has weakened considerably since its super typhoon status, before entering Isabela province in the northeastern Philippines before dawn. He has knocked down trees and electrical terminals and ripped roofs from houses and shops, officials said.

The storm was further weakened when it swept the Sierra Madre mountain range, then crossed the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet and La Union, where another typhoon, Mangkhut, had already done more. 100 dead and missing in mid-September.

Since The Union, Yutu has begun blowing in the South China Sea, forecasters said.

The 93 km / h sustained winds from Yutu when it hit the Philippines were considerably lower than the 180 km / h recorded earlier, as it tore up the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, where it cut off electricity, destroyed homes and delayed elections.

However, Yutu's winds and rain caused landslides in the mountainous north and caused considerable power outages in Isabela and the outlying provinces, officials said.

In Ifugao province, Baltazar Pinnay and his three young girls died in a landslide in Banaue, famous for its rice terraces. Rescuers unearthed their bodies, the police said.

Separate landslides in the Kalinga Highlands and Mountain Province, near Ifugao, killed a 40-year-old man and a girl, Nana said.

More than 10,000 villagers have been transferred to emergency shelters in several northern provinces. In Governor Cagayan province, Governor Manuel Mamba said that despite the improved weather conditions after the typhoon, he asked hundreds of villagers not to return immediately to their homes by a swollen river.

"We did not even have to do evacuation. People are always scared. They quickly left the mountainside and moved away from the river after the police declared that it was time to evacuate, "said Mayor of the city of Itogon, Victorio Palangdan. , where more than 90 villagers died earlier, mainly because of landslides caused by Mangkhut.

Mangkhut left more than 100 dead and missing, mainly in Itogon and in nearby mountain towns, and caused considerable damage to vegetable farms, maize and rice because they hit during the harvest season .

The Philippines, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, experiences about 20 typhoons and storms every year. It is also located in the Pacific "fire belt", the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.

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