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"Typhoon Yinxing tore off a quarter of Diana Moraleda’s tiled roof in the town
of Appari in northern Philippines last week. The gaping hole was still there
when Typhoon Toraji brought rains over the weekend and when Typhoon Usagi made
landfall late on Thursday.
“It’s difficult because many houses were devastated by [Yinxing]. The
carpenters themselves are still fixing their own homes. It’s hard to find
workers,” Moraleda said.
Usagi is the fifth major storm to hit the Philippines in just three weeks, with
a sixth forecast for this weekend. At least 160 people have been killed and
nine million displaced, while the unusual frequency has left people already
struggling with the aftermath of previous heavy rains and flooding little time
to prepare for the next strike.
Moraleda said it was fortunate that the hole was above a store room and not a
bedroom. But water has dripped from the ceiling, damaging their pharmacy on the
ground floor.
The damage to other homes was worse, she said. And the galvanised iron roof of
a university was blown off and landed on a nearby church.
People in Cagayan province, where Appari is located, are used to typhoons, but
Moraleda said they had not expected Yinxing’s onslaught. Usagi has made them
nervous because it is on the same track and is also a category 4.
“This is our fifth storm in three weeks. We have no time to repair between the
storms,” Moraleda said. Last month, typhoon Kong-rey and typhoon Trami – the
deadliest of all the storms – also battered the province."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
