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Over 5,000 flee homes as storm Dujuan hits southern Philippines

More than 5,000 people had to evacuate to temporary shelters in the southern Philippines as tropical storm Dujuan brought heavy rains, submerging dozens of villages, according to the country’s disaster risk reduction and management agency.
Over 5,000 flee homes as storm Dujuan hits southern Philippines ảnh 1A woman wades through muddy floodwater following Typhoon Vamco, in San Mateo, Rizal province, Philippines in November last year. Illustrative photo. (Source: Bangkok Post)
Hanoi (VNA) – Morethan 5,000 people had to evacuate to temporary shelters in the southern Philippines astropical storm Dujuan brought heavy rains, submerging dozens of villages, accordingto the country’s disaster risk reduction and management agency.

The agency said in its initialreport that two regions were hit by the storm, including the country’s nickelmining hub of Caraga, and the province of Surigao del Sur.

The bad weather also prompted thecancellation of at least 36 domestic flights.

Heavy rains were expected tocontinue over Caraga and several other provinces on February 22 morning whenDujuan was forecast to hit the Dinagat Islands-Eastern Samar-Leyte area.

Packing maximum winds of 65kmsper hour and gusts of up to 80 km per hour, Dujuan is the first storm to hitthe Philippines this year.

The Southeast Asian archipelagosees around 20 tropical storms annually./.

VNA
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