Đăng ký: VietNam News
On December 7th, the devastating super typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) has claimed the lives of at least 21 on the eastern Philippine island of Samar. Typhoon Hagupit damaged many houses in the Philippines. (Photo: Reuters) Most of the victims were drowned in flash floods that occurred in the wake of the storm, which thankfully did weaken before landfall. “We have confirmed reports that 21 people died in Eastern Samar, 16 of them in Borongan,” said Gwendolyn Pang, Secretary-General of the Philippine National Red Cross. The event however still caused the evacuation of over 900,000 people from high-risk zones near the coast to safer, inland areas However, the storm has not caused the widespread flooding and landslide damage that weather forecasters and emergency management officials had feared. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Manila confirmed only two dead and three injured. Two others were reported killed outside Samar, the third largest island in the Philippines. Last year, more than 7,000 people died in “Haiyan”, the biggest typhoon ever recorded on land./. |
