Manila, Philippines—Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon ‘Pepito’ (Man-Yi) bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even
Typhoon 'Ofel' destroys a bridge in Brgy. San Jose, Gonzaga, Cagayan. Manila, Philippines—Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon ‘Pepito’ bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even as rescuers tried to reach people stranded on rooftops by the last tropical cyclone.
“We expect thousands more to evacuate in the hours before landfall, Roberto Monterola, operations chief of the Catanduanes civil defense office told Agence France Presse . While the evacuation of more than 5,000 Gonzaga residents ahead of ‘Ofel’ saved lives, he said two houses were swept away and many others were damaged while the farming region’s livestock industry took a heavy blow.
“I saw people digging for their cattle that were still alive, and some were trying to save their hogs which they found among the logs,” he told AFP. “Most evacuees have returned home, but we held back some of them. We have to check first if their houses are still safe for habitation,” Bonifacio Espiritu, operations chief of the civil defense office in Cagayan, told AFP.
Many families were without essentials like sleeping mats, hygiene kits and cooking supplies, and had limited access to safe drinking water.
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