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Pepito is approaching its peak intensity,
the agency said, using the local name for the storm that was expected to make landfall near the province of Catanduanes on Saturday night or early on Sunday Whenever there's a typhoon like this, it brings us back to the mediaeval era, we go (back) to square one,
Echano told AFP, as the province prepared for the onslaught of Man-yi The Rawis gym has a history of typhoon damage so people are afraid to go there,
I think our house will be wrecked when we get back because it's made of light materials -- just two gusts are required to knock it down,
Regardless of the exact landfall point, heavy rainfall, severe winds, and storm surges may occur in areas outside the predicted landfall zone,
If preemptive evacuation is required, let us do so and not wait for the hour of peril before evacuating or seeking help, because if we did that we will be putting in danger not only our lives but also those of our rescuers,
The Philippines is facing an exceptionally challenging tropical cyclone season, with successive cyclones reaching unprecedented locations and scales. Local authorities, who are often impacted themselves, are overwhelmed as they simultaneously respond to the crisis and coordinate rescue efforts for affected families.”
In its emergency plan, the U.N. Humanitarian Country Team in the Philippines said Typhoons are overlapping. As soon as communities attempt to recover from the shock, the next tropical storm is already hitting them again,
said Gustavo Gonzalez, the UN's humanitarian coordinator in the Philippines We know that it is difficult to leave your homes and possessions, but sheltering could save lives,
he told residents of Mindoro island south of the capital Manila, according to an official transcript of his speech It was weaker than we expected,
a relieved police officer, Karen Ibarra, told AFP by phone While we cannot prevent typhoons from hitting the country, we can take steps to reduce their impact,
he said, calling for better infrastructure to cope with worsening storm effects he blamed on climate change Yesterday it was preemptive evacuations. Now we're doing forced evacuations,
local disaster official Edward Gaspar told AFP by phone hours before landfall, ... adding 1,404 residents were sheltering at a municipal gym in Gonzaga Florida residents should closely monitor the forecast updates as they come in,
What remains of the system when it emerges into the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico is not very favorable for redevelopment,
according to the hurricane centre We have to do a little extra here. We are already in bad shape because of the saturation, the damage done to infrastructure, homes and other infrastructure,
Marcos told a situation briefing There were more homes that were partially or totally blown after Marce (Typhoon Yinxing). Currently, we’re moving around assessing the damage,
NCR is in greatest danger here,
Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla told the briefing That extra moisture can be enough to lead to flooding downpours and perhaps severe thunderstorms in Florida toward the middle of next week,
said Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist The multi-model consensus no longer has Sara affecting Florida as a tropical cyclone—a remarkable change from just 2 days ago when models consistently showed a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico,
said meteorologist Tomer Burg on X, formerly Twitter We rescued a number of people who had refused to move to the shelters and got trapped on their rooftops,
