MANILA: Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters on Wednesday (Oct 23) to reach residents trapped by Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed seven people and forced thousands to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast.
Residents affected by Tropical Storm Trami being evacuated from the roofs of their submerged houses in Libon town, Albay province, South of Manila on Oct 23, 2024.
At least 32,000 people have fled their homes in the northern Philippines, police said, as the storm edges closer to the Southeast Asian country's main island of Luzon. One person drowned inside a bus that was swept away by floodwaters in the Bicol city of Naga, where three others also drowned, police officer Bryan Ortinero told AFP.
As of 2pm, Trami's centre was 160km east of Luzon's Aurora province with maximum sustained winds of 85kmh, the national weather agency said.Photos verified by AFP on Wednesday showed streets submerged by muddy floodwaters in Camarines Sur province's Bato municipality, with only the roofs of houses and convenience stores visible.In Naga, about 40km from Bato, half of the 600 villages were fully submerged by flooding.
Families driven from their homes in Bicol were being sheltered at about 2,500 evacuation centres scattered across the region. Further north, authorities evacuated 216 people from the coast near Divilacan and another 60 from nearby Palanan municipality after the weather service warned of the"moderate to significant risk of life-threatening storm surge" or high coastal waves.
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