Manila, Philippines—The Philippines evacuated thousands of people from coastal communities ahead of another major typhoon, officials said Thursday,
Disaster responders from the national police and coast guard approach households in Cagayan to enforce mandatory evacuation amid the expected landfall of Typhoon ‘Marce’ on Nov. 7, 2024. Manila, Philippines—The Philippines evacuated thousands of people from coastal communities ahead of another major typhoon, officials said Thursday, just weeks after a tropical cyclone left at least 150 people dead.
At least 17,000 people from coastal areas of Cagayan province, in the country’s far north, moved into temporary shelters on Wednesday to avoid potential flooding from heavy rains now pounding the region, provincial rescue official Rueli Rapsing told Agence France Presse . The national weather agency said Cagayan, home to about 1.3 million people, might bear the brunt of ‘Marce’ based on its current trajectory.
In Ilocos Norte province near Cagayan, rescuers were on standby to help local police, fire officers and soldiers in emergency response, provincial rescue official Randy Nicolas told AFP.
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