Tropical storm hits northern Philippines
- 12 years ago
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Tropical storm Kai-Tak hit northern Philippines on Tuesday (August 14), drowning two people and prompting more than a dozen provinces to raise floods and landslides alerts.
Kai-Tak was moving at a speed of 17 kph (10.5mph), packing winds of up to 85 kph (52.8 mph) and dumping 35 millimetres of rain (1.3 inches) an hour.
Torrential rains due to the storm are expected to hit the capital, Manila, and surrounding provinces that are still recovering from last week's severe floods.
Waters in the swampy town of Calumpit still reached more than three metres (10 feet), draining slowly due to continuous flows from a nearby dam.
The floods killed 95 people, displaced hundreds of thousands more, and destroyed 53.7 million U.S. dollars' worth of infrastructure and agricultural lands.
Tropical storm Kai-Tak hit northern Philippines on Tuesday (August 14), drowning two people and prompting more than a dozen provinces to raise floods and landslides alerts.
Kai-Tak was moving at a speed of 17 kph (10.5mph), packing winds of up to 85 kph (52.8 mph) and dumping 35 millimetres of rain (1.3 inches) an hour.
Torrential rains due to the storm are expected to hit the capital, Manila, and surrounding provinces that are still recovering from last week's severe floods.
Waters in the swampy town of Calumpit still reached more than three metres (10 feet), draining slowly due to continuous flows from a nearby dam.
The floods killed 95 people, displaced hundreds of thousands more, and destroyed 53.7 million U.S. dollars' worth of infrastructure and agricultural lands.