The Philippines is affected by an average of 20 tropical cyclones a year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA – The Philippine weather bureau warned of heavy rains, floods and landslides in mountainous areas of the country, with intensifying severe tropical storm Khanun forecast to develop into a typhoon.
While Khanun is on a northward path over the Philippine Sea and appears to be heading away from landmass, heavy rainfall is expected as the storm and super typhoon Doksuri,boost the Southwest Monsoon, the weather bureau said. This will bring “occasional” monsoon showers over the western parts of Luzon and the Visayas, it added.
The Philippines is affected by an average of 20 tropical cyclones a year, making it one of the world’s worst-hit countries, according to Pagasa. The super typhoon affected half a million people mostly in the northern parts of main Luzon Island and left 14 dead, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. It flooded more than 258 villages in the Luzon provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, located north of Manila.
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