More than 2.6 million people were affected by the tropical storm; Nearly 320,000 people had to take refuge in shelters or family homes, local authorities said.
Tropical Storm Trami hit the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 65 people dead in landslides and major flooding, Philippine authorities said.
A Philippine provincial police chief said Friday that 33 people had died, most of them in Landslides caused by Trami in Batangas Provincesouth of Manila, raising the The total death toll from the storm amounts to at least 65.
Others eleven residents still missing in Batangas, Col. Jacinto Malinao Jr. told the Associated Press (AP) news agency by telephone from the lake town of Talisay.
On Thursday, authorities said More than 20 people had died due to flooding and landslides. caused by Tropical Storm Trami. Most of the deaths occurred from drowning in the hard-hit Bicol region and neighboring Quezon province.
The Government closed schools and offices for the second consecutive day throughout the island of Luzon, to protect millions of people, after Tropical Storm Trami hit the province of Isabela, in the northeast of the country.
According to the authorities, More rescue boats are being provided to save thousands of people terrified women who were trapped in their homes, many of them on rooftops.
Meteorologists raised the possibility that the storm (on the 11th and One of the deadliest to hit the Philippines this year. – return to the country next week, as high pressure winds could push it in the opposite direction.
More than 2.6 million people were affected by the tropical stormand almost 320,000 people took refuge in shelters or family homes, local authorities said.
Inter-island ferry services were also suspended, leaving thousands of people without transportation.
In Vietnam, meteorologists warned of heavy rain in the central region. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered coastal provinces to remain alert, monitor the path of Storm Trami and prepare for contingencies.
Source: Observadora
