{"id":90403,"date":"2022-09-26T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=90403"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T10:04:36","slug":"at-least-5-dead-74000-evacuated-after-typhoon-noru-hits-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2022-09-26\/at-least-5-dead-74000-evacuated-after-typhoon-noru-hits-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 5 dead, 74,000 evacuated after typhoon Noru hits Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manila, Sep 26 (EFE).- At least five people were killed and more than 74,000 evacuated following the passage of Typhoon Noru through the Philippines on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noru, which made landfall in the northeast of the Philippine archipelago with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour) on Sunday, has already left Luzon – the country\u2019s largest and most populous island – in a westerly direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims were a part of a rescue team who were dragged through the waters while trying to evacuate residents from a neighborhood in the town of San Miguel de Bulacan, on Luzon Island early Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police officers told EFE that the victims were dragged down by the current after a nearby wall collapsed due to the torrential rains and severe flooding caused by the typhoon, which is now heading to Vietnam and Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bodies of all five rescue workers were found early Monday after an hours-long search.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Residents wade through flood water caused by typhoon Noru in San Miguel town of Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines 26 September 2022. EFE\/EPA\/ROLEX DELA PENA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Philippine weather service, PAGASA<\/a>, has lowered by one level the tropical cyclone warning for Noru, which was declared a “super typhoon” with a maximum red alert in place before making landfall at “typhoon” with winds of up to 184 kilometers per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a press conference of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Monday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said that large-scale damage and losses due to the natural disaster are unlikely due to evacuation and preparation work before the typhoon arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think, we may have gotten lucky at this time, a little bit. I think it’s clear from what we did these last two days that is very very important is preparations, get people out of areas of danger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcos surveyed the worst affected areas Monday by helicopter and said that overall the damage to public and private infrastructure was manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, about 14,000 families – some 74,000 people – were evacuated by authorities in the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and several cities in the northern metropolitan area of Manila, Civil Defense officials told the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the moment: Aerial inspection of areas affected by super typhoon #KardingPH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tEp890Qewy<\/a><\/p>— Bongbong Marcos (@bongbongmarcos) September 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>