World News | Philippine storm leaves 3 injured, thousands displaced

MANILA, Aug. 24 (AP) A tropical storm swept through the northern Philippines on Wednesday, injuring at least three people, displacing thousands and prompting authorities to shut down the capital and several provinces prone to flooding and landslides schools and government offices.

Tropical Storm Ma-on weakened slightly after passing through the northern mountainous province before making landfall in the town of Maconacon, Isabela, on Tuesday morning with sustained winds of 95 km/h and gusts of up to 115 km/h, forecasters said. Gusts leave.

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The storm could intensify offshore as it moves toward southern China, they said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. suspended all public school classes in densely populated Metro Manila and several remote provinces from Tuesday to Wednesday, even as the storm hit the northern tip of the main Luzon region. and government work as a precaution. Floods and strong winds.

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“Heavy rains could pose a risk to the public,” Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angelis said Tuesday.

After two years of coronavirus lockdowns, millions of elementary and middle school students returned to schools across the Philippines on Monday for their first in-person classes, with schools closed.

The storm is one of the issues education officials have been grappling with, along with classroom shortages, alarming illiteracy rates among children and the lingering threat of the coronavirus following the decision to reopen schools nationwide.

Security official Rueli Rapsing said three villagers were injured and taken to hospital after being hit by fallen trees in Cagayan province alone, where more than 7,000 people have travelled from villages prone to flash floods, landslides and tides evacuate.

Some of the provinces that have borne the brunt are still recovering from damage from last month’s powerful earthquake, which has sparked fears that quake-loose slopes are more prone to landslides.

The Philippines, which is hit by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year, lies on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a seismically active arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin that makes the archipelago one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. (Associated Press)

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