Thousands of people have been evacuated on Monday in the Philippines, while the Government has decreed the cessation of work activity and the closure of schools before the arrival of the super -for passionate. ., He has ordered the Disaster Response Agency that is put on maximum alert, reports Reuters.
The authorities have suspended work and classes on Monday throughout the metropolitan area of, the capital, and in much of the country, when the Superfón passionate He moved north of and threatened with destructive winds and heavy rains.
The state weather authorities issued the maximum alert by typhoon in the remote Babuyan Islands, urging the residents of the coastal and low altitude communities to evacuate before the cyconic swells and the possible floods. With maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour and bursts of up to 250, it was expected that passionate It will touch Earth or touch the Babuyan Islands around noon before crossing the Strait of Light.
Filipino meteorologists have warned of generalized electricity cuts, landslides and dangerous seas, since the exterior bands of the storm began to whip the north of light. Airlines have canceled more than a dozen national flights, mostly on light routes, while the ports have suspended Ferry services.
Problems in other countries
On the other hand, the International Airport of, one of the main air connection centers in Asia, will face the most extensive closure from tomorrow night in its recent history: it will suspend operations for 36 consecutive hours for the imminent arrival of passionateconfirms EFE.
The airline Qantas Airways advanced on its website that the cessation of activities will begin on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. local time (two in the afternoon Spanish peninsular time) and will conclude on Thursday at 8.00 (two in the morning in peninsular Spain). The coordination of the measure has a preventive nature and seeks to avoid saturation episodes, such as Typhoon Koinu in October 2023, when more than 10,000 travelers were trapped in the shipping areas due to the unexpected suspension of flights.
In Taiwan, although it will not directly affect the country, the typhon outer band is expected to bring heavy rains to the scarcely populated east coast of the island. Taiwan has issued land and sea alerts and has canceled flights to the cities of the East, including Taitung and Hualien.
