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METEOROLOGIA

Tufão Vongfong assola as Filipinas

By Jordi Bou

May 14, 2020 - Ventos e chuvas fortes estão a obrigar a uma evacuação arriscada de
dezenas de milhares de pessoas retidas em casa durante a pandemia de coronavírus.

The first typhoon to hit the country this year came as the authorities are trying to fight COVID-19 outbreaks largely by locking Filipinos in their homes and prohibiting gatherings that can set off infections. More than 11,600 infections, including 772 deaths, have been reported in the country.

Typhoon Vongfong, which was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 185 kph, was forecast to blow northwestward and barrel across densely populated eastern provinces and cities before exiting in the north Sunday.

Overcrowding in emergency shelters is a common scene in the archipelago hit by about 20 typhoons and storms annually and regularly experiencing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

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PUBLISHED: 14/05/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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