Death
toll from Typhoon Saola rises to 45 – storms dumps 1.5 meters of
rain
6
August, 2012
MANILA – More
than 45 people died and six others missing due to Typhoon Saola in
the northern region of Philippines, reported on Monday the National
Center for Disaster Prevention.
A
tropical storm inched across northern Taiwan on Thursday after
dumping as much as five feet of rain that has flooded farmland,
swollen rivers and paralyzed life on much of the densely populated
island of 23 million people. Saola weakened from a typhoon to a
tropical storm by late afternoon, but its slow movement and
continuing heavy rains raised the prospect of devastating flooding in
areas that have absorbed more than 58 inches of rain since Tuesday.
The
rains and flooding caused further serious damage to 74 roads, 7, 000
homes and the evacuation of about 200, 000 people still housed in
improvised centers, according to the press.
Landslides
and overflowing dam flooded much of Manila, the capital, especially
in the areas near the sea, other media reported as Rappler website.
Between
May and November, during rainy season in the Philippines, the
archipelago is hit by an average of 15 to 20 typhoons that affect the
entire region of Southeast Asia.
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