TYPHOON NORU KILLS FIVE RESCUERS AS IT HITS PHILIPPINES

  • 26/09/2022

Five rescue workers were killed in the Philippines by a typhoon that flooded homes and left millions without power.

They were washed away in flash floods while carrying out operations in the San Miguel district, north of Manila.

Typhoon Noru wreaked havoc on the district, leaving some residents stranded on their roofs while others waded through chest-high garbage-strewn waters, attempting to pass on supplies.

On Luzon, where more than half of the country's 110 million people live, the typhoon caused gusts of up to 240km/h (149mph). 

Noru, known locally as Karding, first made landfall as a super typhoon, but later weakened at 20:20 local time (12:20 GMT) on Sunday. It is expected to leave the Philippines by Monday evening.

In San Vincente, a village in San Miguel, one man was seen futilely trying to brush water away from his door.

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