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A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« on: Nov 29^th, 2006, 6:54am »

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Reming a super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
More than 150 stranded in Bicol

By Joel Guinto
INQ7.net
Last updated 07:40pm (Mla time) 11/29/2006
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(6TH UPDATE) TYPHOON Reming (international codename: Durian) has strengthened into a super typhoon and is expected to hit Metro Manila Friday morning, the state weather bureau said late Wednesday afternoon.

The super howler, packing winds of 195 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 225 kilometers per hour, is expected to make landfall in Catanduanes province in the Bicol region on Thursday morning, Nathaniel Cruz, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather forecasting center, said.

"The storm will hit Metro Manila on Friday morning," Cruz said in a phone interview.

Malacańang, also late Wednesday afternoon, announced the suspension of classes at all levels beginning Thursday in Metro Manila and all other areas affected by the super typhoon.

Public storm signal number 4 was raised in Catanduanes while signal number 3 is in effect over Albay, the Camarines provinces and Polillo Island, PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. weather bulletin.

Signal number 2 was up in Sorsogon, Burias Island, Quezon, and Aurora.

Signal number 1 was raised over Metro Manila, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Romblon, Biliran, Masbate, Marinduque, Mindoro Oriental, and Lubang Island

Residents in low-lying areas were warned to guard against possible flashfloods and landslides and those in coastal areas were alerted against possible storm surges.

"Reming" was last spotted 275 kilometers east southeast of Virac town in Catanduanes province, Cruz said.

In Malacańang, presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor said the suspension of classes was recommended by the National Disaster Coordinating Council.

The areas where classes are suspended are Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Sorsogon, Burias Island, Aurora, parts of Quezon, Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines, and Polilio Island.

Anthony Golez, spokesman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), said they have activated the emergency operations center and instructed regional disaster coordinating councils and other concerned agencies to be on the alert.

Golez also appealed to advertisers to put down their billboards and tarpaulins as strong rains are expected to hit Metro Manila.

In late September, typhoon Milenyo, which packed 140 kph winds, swept through the national capital region and surrounding areas, downing scores of billboards, power lines and towers, causing massive blackouts and leaving more than 200 people dead.

Reming is the third super typhoon to hit the Philippines this year after Paeng (Cimaron) and Queenie (Chebi).

It is also the 18th storm to hit the Philippines this year and the fourth in as many months.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #1 on: Nov 29^th, 2006, 9:13pm »

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in a few hours from now.. it will be touching down on land in the island of Catanduanes which is south of Manila... and as of the news early in the morning, strong winds has been battering the island now...

ferry services are cancelled and flights to the towns are cancelled as well... there are trees uprooted already and some roofs flying...

and from the projection of the weather bureau.. we'd probably experience the same wrath here in Manila tomorrow morning... today though is a bit cloudy and the wind is not blowing strong yet... but classes were cancelled already...

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #2 on: Nov 30^th, 2006, 8:34am »

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News said the storm changed direction and won't hit Manila directly. The eye of the storm will pass Batangas (a province south of Manila) so hopefully it's not that strong here. On my way to work though the winds are already picking up. Going home tomorrow morning will be a pain if the storm is at its strongest!

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Reming changes course, wont hit Metro directly

Dont be complacent, please, PAGASA urges
By Joel Guinto
INQ7.net
Last updated 10:07pm (Mla time) 11/30/2006

(10TH UPDATE) SUPER typhoon "Reming" (international codename: Durian) has changed course and will no longer hit Metro Manila directly, the chief state weather forecaster said Friday.

Instead, the storm, with winds of 190 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 225 kilometers per hour, will hit provinces south of the capital, according to Nathaniel Cruz in a phone interview.

"There was a big change in direction. Metro Manila will no longer be a direct hit," Cruz said.

The change in its course was caused was by an intensified high pressure area over the South China Sea, he said.

But Cruz said Metro Manila residents should still brace for heavy rains and strong winds. "Metro Manila is still in peril. We should not relax," he said in a news conference aired live on GMA Network radio dzBB.

"We should not be complacent, Metro Manila please," chief weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz later told ABS-CBN television. "The eye of the typhoon will not hit Metro Manila but definitely we will feel the effect of this super typhoon although the eye is quite far from us."

Reming was supposed to have to hit Metro Manila between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Friday, prompting officials to suspend classes this Thursday.

The Manila airport authority was also considering diverting all incoming flights to Hong Kong, radio reports said.

Officials suspended classes in Manila and nearby areas and placed more than 25 northern provinces under storm alerts. All local governments and agencies were alerted to the possibility of landslides and flash floods.

In the same news conference, Cruz said Reming was expected to strengthen when it makes landfall in Batangas, Mindoro and Marinduque, and roar through the Panay Gulf after passing through the Ragay Gulf.

"This means the storm could remain as strong or grow stronger," Cruz said.

Public Storm signal number 4 has been raised in Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines provinces, southern Quezon, Marinduque, and Burias Island; signal number 3 in Sorsogon, Oriental Mindoro, Batangas, the rest of Quezon, including Polillo Island.

Signal number 2 has been raised in Metro Manila, Aurora, Masbate, Romblon, Occidental Mindoro, Lubang Island, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bataan, Bulacan, and Northern Samar. Signal number 1 was raised in Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Quirino, Isabela, the rest of Samar, Calamian group of islands, Biliran, Aklan, and Capiz.

The howler made landfall in Catanduanes province in the Bicol region on Thursday morning, stranding thousands of passengers and downing power lines. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

At least 166 families have been evacuated -- 140 in Legazpi City, Albay province, 23 in Virac, Catanduanes, and three in Libmanan, Camarines Sur, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

An undetermined number of evacuees in the Catanduanes provincial capital of Virac are staying in their relatives' houses, it said.

Residents said the winds were so strong it felt like an earthquake, according to a report on radio dzBB earlier in the day.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in Catanduanes, about 370 kilometers (230 miles) east of Manila, after authorities ordered the evacuation of coastal areas, said Office of Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Arthur Golez.

Catanduanes officials were difficult to contact apparently because of downed communication lines but in Naga city in nearby Camarines Sur province, where the typhoon passed in the afternoon, officials said they received reports of small houses being blown away by the wind.

Rescuers struggled against dangerously strong winds to rescue several residents whose roofs were blown off, exposing them to rain and flying metal sheets and other debris, Naga Mayor Jessie Robredo told The Associated Press by cell phone.

About 1,500 residents were evacuated to emergency shelters ahead of the typhoon in Naga, about 270 kilometers southeast of Manila, mostly mountain dwellers fearing possible landslides, he said.

Many residents whose houses were damaged by winds sought help from authorities by sending cell phone text messages, due to downed telephone lines, he said.

"I've received [text] messages of 10 small houses being blown away by the wind and many others getting damaged," Robredo said. "The wind was very strong and I expect heavy damage to properties and public facilities."

Many people went to relatives' houses on higher ground and about 120 sought shelter at the provincial capital, he said.

Quoting reports from the National Transmission Corp. (Transco), the NDCC said electricity was cut off in the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, and parts of Quezon province.

Land and sea travel have been suspended in areas of the Bicol region affected by the storm, Cruz said.

The NDCC said 3,349 people and 167 vehicles have been stranded in seaports in the Bicol region and Southern Luzon. In the Matnog port in Sorsogon alone, 1,444 were stranded while 1,000 were stranded in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

The NDCC said flood advisories have been sent out in the Bicol region and in the Samar and Leyte provinces in the eastern Visayas, which could be hit by rains.

Coast guard commandant Rear Admiral Damian Carlos placed all units on the highest alert.

The super typhoon is the fourth to hit the Philippines in as many months.

Radio reports said electricity was cut off to thousands of people in Bicol, while more than 3,300 ferry passengers were stranded after the coast guard grounded all vessels.

Coast guard commandant Rear Adm. Damian Carlos placed all units on the highest alert.

In late September, Typhoon Xangsane (Philippine codename: Milenyo) left 230 people dead and missing in and around Manila. Typhoon Cimaron (Philippine codename: Paeng) killed 19 people and injured 58 others last month, and earlier this month, Chebi (Philippine codename: Queenie) sliced through the central Luzon region, killing one.

About 20 typhoons and tropical storms hit the Philippines each year.
With reports from Norman Bordadora, Inquirer, AP, GMA7

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #3 on: Nov 30^th, 2006, 9:20am »

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I hope everything works out... it's good that it has changed direction

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #4 on: Nov 30^th, 2006, 3:32pm »

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thank goodness it won't hit it directly! I hope no one is hurt badly or killed in this.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #5 on: Nov 30^th, 2006, 5:52pm »

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I'm thinking of you guys! Take good care and keep us posted.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
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Rescue Officials Fear 200 Dead From Super Typhoon, Mudslides in Philippines
Friday, December 01, 2006

MANILA, Philippines Typhoon Durian smashed into the Philippines with heavy rains and winds gusting up to 265 kph (165 mph) a deadly combination that spawned flash flooding and sent a muddy wall of volcanic ash and boulders crashing down on one village, officials said Friday.

The death toll rose to 146, with more than 80 people trapped and 16 missing, said Sen. Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine National Red Cross. Health Secretary Francisco Duque cited unconfirmed reports of 200 dead, and Glen Rabonza, head of the Office of Civil Defense, said provincial officials had requested 200 body bags.

"Our rescue teams are overstretched rescuing people on rooftops," Rabonza said after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was briefed on the storm's devastation.

Gordon said 50 people died and many more were missing in the village of Padang, which was hit by a mudslide of volcanic debris on the foot of the Mayon volcano. Three other villages each reported at least 25 dead.

Super Typhoon' Durian Intensifies Over Eastern Philippines Solid information was hard to come by. With power and phone lines downed by powerful winds, helicopters were carrying out aerial surveillance of cut-off areas. Officials estimated that the storm had affected some 22,000 people.

Undersecretary Dr. Graciano Yumul of the Department of Science and Technology said the storm was particularly damaging because it came ashore Thursday in Catanduanes, an island province with no mountains to break the storm's momentum.

"So it really destroyed the island that it hit," Yumul said. "That is the reason you are seeing the kind of destruction you are seeing right now.

Noel Rosal, mayor of Legazpi city, Albay province's capital, visited Padang, where he said some victims had their clothes ripped off as they were swept away by the mudslide.

"It's terrible," he told The Associated Press by phone after visiting the village Friday. "Based on our interviews with residents and village officials, more than 100 were killed or missing.

"We now call this place a black desert," he said, referring to the color of the volcanic debris.

Mayon erupted in July, depositing millions of tons of rocks and volcanic ash on its slopes. Rains from succeeding typhoons that hit the area earlier may have loosened the materials.

Rosal said three of the five communities comprising the village of 1,400 people had been "wiped out" with only the roofs of several houses jutting out of the debris.

He said some boulders were as big as cars.

Rosal said Padang can only be reached by foot or motorcycle because a bridge linking it to Legazpi, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) away, was damaged.

He said the mudslide occurred at mid-afternoon Thursday as the city was lashed by Typhoon Durian. His own residence was under water that was "higher than a person" from a flashflood.

"I was almost a goner. I had to swim," Rosal said.

Jukes Nunez of the Albay Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council said many communities in Legazpi were still flooded Friday morning.

"The request for rescue is overwhelming. The disaster managers are victims themselves," he said.

The typhoon weakened Friday as it moved north of Mindoro island south of Manila with sustained winds of 150 kph (94 mph) and gusts of up to 185 kph (116 mph) as it headed toward the South China Sea.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #7 on: Dec 1^st, 2006, 8:44am »

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Hope our members in the PI are safe, as well as their families. We're all vulnerable to Mother Nature.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #8 on: Dec 1^st, 2006, 8:50am »

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All you guys do take care!

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #9 on: Dec 1^st, 2006, 8:56am »

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I'm glad that it didn't have much effect on the province where I live, but I can't really feel happy because of the damage it caused to the southern provinces of Luzon. Sad

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #10 on: Dec 1^st, 2006, 9:38am »

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May i ask if cities like Cebu and Bacolod were affected? My father usually travel around these 2 areas and my family will be flying there on the 22nd for a period of one month.

Will there still be typhoon at that period? Undecided

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #11 on: Dec 1^st, 2006, 12:52pm »

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I'm not sure if Cebu was affected by the current typhoon, but I think it's too far to be affected.

Hopefully there won't be a typhoon by the time Christmas rolls in.

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Re: A super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday
« Reply #12 on: Dec 3^rd, 2006, 9:52pm »

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nope.. Cebu and Bacolod was not affected.. I believe the highest storm signal they got was 1 (lowest) or none even...

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