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TILT WITH THE WINDS Battling strong gusts of wind induced by Typhoon “Quinta”, a fisherman sways in his boat as he tries to catch something for the family’s lunch at the swollen, hyacinth-filled Bay Lagoon in Bayanan, city of Muntinlupa, on Monday. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
Typhoon “Quinta” struck Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, knocking down power lines and kicking up giant waves that sank at least 30 ships off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said Monday.
No deaths were reported, but 12 fishermen were missing in Catanduanes province, according to the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC).
Seven fishermen from the city of Tabaco, Albay province, were also reported missing at the height of the typhoon, but six of them were later found in Virac, Catanduanes. The seventh, Joselito Ouapeuprecua, 50, was still missing Monday afternoon.
The Philippine Coast Guard said it rescued seven of eight crew members from a yacht that capsized off Bauan City in Batangas.
Quinta (international name: Molave), with winds of 125 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour, caused flooding and forced evacuations of tens of thousands of people in the Bicol, Calabarzon and Mimaropa regions.
At 4 p.m. on Monday, the typhoon was located 310 km west of Calapan city, Oriental Mindoro province, moving west at 25 km / h, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa ). He was expected to leave Philippine territory on Tuesday morning,
Forced evacuations
Jessar Adornado, chief of operations for the Bicol Civil Defense Office (OCD), said Quinta affected 608 towns and 213,145 families (843,508 people) in the region.
On Sunday, local disaster councils were able to evacuate 27,946 families (106,350 people). They have begun sending more than 18,000 families (64,000 people) home as the weather improved on Monday, OCD Bicol said.
In Calabarzon, the number of evacuees and affected residents increased to 2,061 families (8,141 people) in 108 villages. In Mimaropa, 762 families (2,964 people) were staying in temporary shelters.
The floods were experienced in different parts of the eastern province of Mindoro, said Governor Humerlito Dolor.
In the province of Pampanga, water from the current upstream of the Pampanga River aggravated flooding in 50 coastal villages where high tide raised the water level to 1.5 meters.
Busts, Ipo dams
The Bustos and Ipo dams in Bulacan province released water, submerging at least 21 low-lying villages in the cities of Calumpit and Hagonoy in a flood that reached up to 1.5 meters on Sunday, authorities said.
As of noon Monday, portions of 21 national highways were impassable due to road closures, landslides, mudflows, collapsed bridges, sunken pavements, downed trees and power poles and flooding, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). ).
The NDRRMC said the 12 fishermen were reported missing in Barangay Pananaogan, Bato city; Barangay Cagdarao, Panganiban city; and Barangay Poblacion Distrito III in the city of Gigmoto, all in Catanduanes.
According to the Coast Guard, the yacht, the MV Oceanic Explorer 3, sank in rough seas while anchored at the Keppel shipyard in Barangay San Roque, Bauan, around 7 a.m.Monday.
Seven of the eight crew members were rescued. They were identified as Tomás del Rosario, Jaime Mete Jr., Johnpaul Servando, Juliet Mayang, Andrés Lazalita, Jove Muchillas and Archie Gallardo.
AFTER On Monday, public works personnel cut down trees that fell on Roxas Boulevard in Manila at the height of Typhoon “Quinta,” which struck Luzon Island on Sunday, as Frida Fajardo (photo right) tries to sweep away floodwaters at his home in Santa Lucía, Calumpit, Bulacan province. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ / CHILD JESUS ORBETA
The Bauan Coast Guard substation said rescuers would continue to search for the eighth crew member, Rodolfo Sarabia.
In Bataan province, giant waves destroyed 30 motorized boats in the city of Mariveles. A loading and unloading vessel, the MV RoRo-12, ran aground off Bonito Island in the city of Tingloy, Batangas.
The Bustos dam discharged water at a speed of up to 375 cubic meters per second (cm) on Saturday when its water height reached 17.01 meters above sea level (masl), which was close to its spill level of 17.34.
The water elevation at the Ipo Dam was at 101.25 masl on Sunday, slightly above its 101 masl spill mark, forcing dam officials to release water at 200cm.
Both dams capture rainwater and water discharges from the Angat Dam.
Power outages
As of 4 pm Monday, Quinta had shut down 13 power transmission lines of 69 kilovolts, one 230 kv line and two 5000 kv, mainly in Calabarzon and Bicol.
According to National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, the affected 69 kv lines are Batangas-Mabini,
Batangas-Ibaan-Rosario, Batangas-Bauan, Calaca-Balayan-Nasugbu / Calatagan, Calaca-Taal, Bay-Calamba, Pitogo-Mulanay, Naga-Libmanan, Naga-Lagonoy, Naga-Iriga, Naga-Tinambac, Tiwi-Malinao- Tobacco and Daraga-Sorsogon.
–Reports from Jeannette I. Andrade, Jhesset O. Enano, Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Ronnel W. Domingo, Maricar Cinco, Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Ma. April Mier-Manjares, Madonna T. Virola, Mar Arguelles, Carmela Reyes- Estrope, Villamor Visaya Jr., Greg Refraccion, Tonette Orejas and Reuters
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