Manila, Nov 18 (EFE) – At least eight people have died in the northern Philippines following the age of super typhoon Man-yi over the weekend, the sixth cyclone to hit the country in less than a month.
The regional disaster management office told Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN that seven people were killed in an avalanche in the municipality of Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya province.
Heavy rains triggered by the super typhoon triggered an avalanche that destroyed a family home on a mountainside, the broadcaster said.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday one more person died in Camarines Norte province, near Catanduanes island, where the super typhoon first made landfall on Saturday night.
Man-yi, known locally as Pepito, hit the coast with sustained winds of up to 195 km per hour, destroying houses and uprooting trees.
It also caused power outages, several municipal disaster management offices said on social media.
The Philippines has been living in a relentless state of preparedness, damage assessment, and relief in recent weeks due to the unusual onslaught of six consecutive tropical storms in less than a month.
Although the Philippines experiences around 20 cyclones a year, experts have highlighted the unprecedented frequency of these recent storms, which have struck relatively out of season and affected some 10 million people.
Tropical storm Trami struck the Philippines in October, followed by super typhoon Kong-rey, which together left at least 162 dead, 137 injured and 22 missing.
These two storms were followed in November by typhoons Yinxing, Toraji, and Usagi, forcing authorities to pre-emptively evacuate tens of thousands of people.
Ahead of Man-yi’s arrival, authorities evacuated more than 650,000 people in several provinces, including Quezon City, the largest in the Manila metropolitan area. EFE
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