Illustrative photo (Photo: The Strait Times)Hanoi(VNA) – The Philippine authorities warned on December 23 that a strong typhoonis set to sweep the country on Christmas Day as millions of Catholics arepreparing for their most important event in the year.
Nock-Ten is expected to be packing winds ofup to 194 km per hour when it hit the eastern area of Luzon Island on December25, according to the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.
Romina Marasigan, Spokeswoman for theNational Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said that the localpeople had been informed of the storm. The highest levels of readiness arebeing undertaken, as food and other provisions are prepared in the designatedevacuation centres, she added.
Local weather authorities forecast thatNock-Ten could brush past Manila after Christmas Day if it maintained its currentspeed. The main threats are landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rains,as well as potentially large waves smashing through coastal communities.
The Philippine islands are often the first majorlandmass to be stricken by storms that generate over the Pacific. The SoutheastAsian country endures about 20 major storms each year, many of them deadly.
The most powerful and deadliest was Haiyan, which left7,350 people dead or missing and destroyed entire towns in heavily populatedareas of the central Philippines in November 2013.-VNA
Nock-Ten is expected to be packing winds ofup to 194 km per hour when it hit the eastern area of Luzon Island on December25, according to the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.
Romina Marasigan, Spokeswoman for theNational Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said that the localpeople had been informed of the storm. The highest levels of readiness arebeing undertaken, as food and other provisions are prepared in the designatedevacuation centres, she added.
Local weather authorities forecast thatNock-Ten could brush past Manila after Christmas Day if it maintained its currentspeed. The main threats are landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rains,as well as potentially large waves smashing through coastal communities.
The Philippine islands are often the first majorlandmass to be stricken by storms that generate over the Pacific. The SoutheastAsian country endures about 20 major storms each year, many of them deadly.
The most powerful and deadliest was Haiyan, which left7,350 people dead or missing and destroyed entire towns in heavily populatedareas of the central Philippines in November 2013.-VNA
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