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A general view shows coconut trees swaying amid strong winds as Super Typhoon Goni makes landfall in Legazpi City, Abay province, Philippines, on November 1, 2020 (Photo by Charism SAYAT / AFP).
MANILA, Philippines – At least 16 people died and 3 are missing in the Bicol region after Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni), the world’s strongest tropical cyclone in 2020, struck the Philippines.
A regional report from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Monday said that six (6) of the fatalities were from Catanduanes, while 10 were from Albay.
Three of the missing were from Guinobatan, Albay.
Storm signals rose in Luzon at noon Monday when Rolly (now a tropical storm) moved away from the Philippines. He is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday morning.
At 10 a.m., 76,176 houses were damaged by the typhoon, according to the OCD report.
Initial losses for agriculture in the Bicol region alone were estimated at P694.37 million.
A separate report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that a total of 1,468,296 people or 372,716 families were affected by Rolly in the Cagayan, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol regions. Of these, 114,383 families or 416,195 people were in evacuation shelters.
A rapid emergency telecommunications team from NDRRMC was dispatched to Catanduanes after the tropical cyclone brought down the communication towers.
Rolly arrived a week after Typhoon Quinta struck parts of Luzon and the Visayas, killing 22 people.
Currently, the state meteorological office is monitoring Tropical Storm Siony (international name: Atsani), which may hit the country in the coming days.
KGA
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