Manila: At least 31 people have been killed and communications and electricity systems across the province have been destroyed after a powerful tornado hit the central Philippines. This information was given by the officials on Saturday.
The governor of the affected province said her diocese was “grounded”. According to the information, a storm named ‘Rai’ has moved towards the South China Sea on Friday night, causing devastation in the South and Central Provinces of Philippine. More than three lakh people living in the path of this storm were shifted to safer places. Officials said that many lives were saved by the preparations made before the storm hit.
According to the information, during the storm Rai, the winds moved at a speed of 195 kilometers per hour and the maximum speed was up to 270 kilometers per hour. It is one of the strongest storms in recent years that have wreaked havoc in the disaster-prone Southeast Asian island country. The storm also made landfall on the southeast coast of the Philippines on Thursday, but damage was still not reported two days after the incident as electricity and mobile phone services were disrupted throughout the province.
The government’s disaster response agency said that at least 31 people have been reported dead, most of whom have died due to falling and falling trees. But added that she is verifying the deaths. According to the agency, at least three people have been injured while one is missing. Dinagat Island is one of the first Philippine provinces to be hit by the storm. According to officials, it remained cut off from the rest of the area on Saturday also as the power and communication system there has come to a standstill.
Governor Arleni Bagh O, however, managed to post the statement on the province’s official website. He told that his province with a population of about 1.80 lakh has become “grounded”. They have requested to supply food, water, temporary residence, fuel, sanitation kits and medicines. He said that some casualties have been reported in the capital so far, while in the rest of the areas there is no information due to communication failure.
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“We can survive but the days ahead may not be the same for us as the province has limited capacity,” said Bagho. He said that some hospitals in Dinagat are closed due to damages. “Many of our commerce and cargo vessels are not re-seaworthy, effectively cutting us off from the rest of the country.”
Somehow, deputy governor Nilo Demere, who arrived in the neighboring province, told the DZMM radio network that at least six people had died in his province and that “about 95 percent of the houses in Dinagat had blown off the roof”, even the roof of the emergency residence. has also been damaged. “We are currently carrying out repair work as relief camps have also been damaged,” he said. There is no place to live there, churches, gyms, schools, markets and even the legislature building have been damaged.”