At least 16 dead, thousands of homes damaged after Typhoon Goni lashes Philippines

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Officials in Catanduanes were able to restore contact on Monday after disaster-response authorities flew to the devastated island province with satellite phones

Residents watch as a backhoe clears boulders and mudflows triggered by heavy rains from Typhoon Goni, in the town of Guinobatan, Albay province, central Philippines, on Nov. 2, 2020.At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday.

Catanduanes Gov. Joseph Cua and other officials said at least five people drowned and four were injured in the typhoon, which whipped up 5-meter storm surges. About 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away when the typhoon slammed into the province, they said. Many residents fled to safety from their homes as the typhoon approached.

About 80 per cent of the electric posts on the island were toppled and roads linking the province’s 11 towns remained impassable to vehicles, Cua said. Two residents were killed in the community and three others remain missing, Albay Gov. Al Francis Bichara said.

 

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