The Philippines suspended government work and shut schools as Tropical Storm Trami barrelled towards the country’s eastern coast, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordering responders to prepare ahead of its landfall.
State weather forecaster Pag-asa said in its 11 a.m. (0300 GMT) bulletin Trami’s centre was last estimated at 200 km (124 miles) off the eastern town of Casiguran in Aurora province.
The storm is forecast to make landfall between Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning.
Flash floods have hit several regions in the Philippines as Tropical storm Trami brought heavy rains and plunged many areas without power, affecting over 380,000 people, authorities said Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteThe slow-moving Trami spotted 310 km east of Aurora province in northern Luzon on Wednesday morning, packs 85 km per hour winds and gusts of up to 105 km per hour as a tropical storm. It is expected to hit land over Isabela or northern Aurora Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Trami inundated streets, neighborhoods, malls and rice fields, knocking out power in the affected Bicol region, southeast of Manila.