Category: Philippines

Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

HANOI — Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country's central coast late Saturday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country's deadliest storm this year.Packing winds of up to 103 mph, Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of...

Storm Vamco hits Vietnam as Philippines rescues survivors

Storm Vamco damaged buildings and fishing boats like this one in Quang Binh provinceA powerful storm pummelled Vietnam on Sunday, injuring at least five people as winds of 90km/h (56mph) uprooted trees and damaged buildings.Storm Vamco hit the Philippines earlier this week, with rescuers urgently searching for thousands of...

Typhoon Vamco batters the Philippines, leaving 39 dead and millions

Typhoon Vamco, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, struck the northern island of Luzon, the third typhoon and fifth tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines in less than three weeks.Super Typhoon Goni narrowly sidestepped the capital region of more than 12 million this month, but Vamco brought rain...

Philippines orders thousands to evacuate ahead of Typhoon Vamco

Vamco is 21st storm to hit the Philippines this year and comes as communities still try to clean up after Typhoon Goni.Authorities in the Philippines on Wednesday ordered thousands of residents in eastern coastal communities to evacuate ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Vamco, only weeks after the country...

‘Ulysses’ hits C. Luzon today

Signal No. 3 raised in NCR, 11 other areas Tropical cyclone “Ulysses” (international name “Vamco”) has intensified into a typhoon and may unleash destructive winds and intense rains when it traverses Central Luzon towards Wednesday midnight until early Thursday. (MANILA BULLETIN) In its 11 a.m. severe weather bulletin, the...

Vamco Thrashes the Philippines

On November 11, 2020, Typhoon Vamco thrashed the Philippines with sustained winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) per hour and peak intensity winds equivalent to a category 1 hurricane. The typhoon (known as Ulysses in the Philippines) cut power to millions, caused more than 100,000 evacuations, and killed at...

Typhoon Ulysses intensifies further as it makes 2 landfalls in

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 11) — Typhoon Ulysses begins to unleash its wrath in Luzon after making two landfalls in Quezon on Wednesday night. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) recorded Ulysses' first landfall in the vicinity of Patnanungan, Quezon at 10:30 p.m. The typhoon's...

Typhoon Ulysses lashes Luzon, kills one

Residents evacuate from their flooded communities as Typhoon Vamco batters the Philippine capital, in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 12, 2020. (Reuters/Eloisa Lopez) '); SPONSORED ARTICLES MANILA — Typhoon Ulysses (International name: Vamco) soaked and lashed provinces in the Philippines‘ main Luzon island overnight, killing one person while three more are...

Typhoon Ulysses: Weather updates, latest news in the Philippines

3 hours ago[OPINION] Listen to our scientists: A note from the Mayor of Alcala, Cagayan In December 2019, the Municipality of Alcala, Cagayan experienced what they call a "100-year flood" — a flood with 1% probability/chance of taking place each year. Six barangays were totally submerged, more than 10,000...