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A resident of the province of Albay watched helplessly as his house was submerged in the waters when Typhoon Goni landed on November 1 – Photo: REUTERS
According to the newspaper Investigator Local, the newest area for Storm Goni (also known as Rolly in the Philippines) to land was San Narciso in Quezon province, south of the island of Luzon. On the afternoon of November 1, Typhoon Goni was heading towards the capital, Manila, where people were warned of heavy rain and wind.
Goni is the strongest storm in 2020 to hit the Philippines and has many similarities to Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which caused severe damage, causing nearly 8,000 deaths and disappearances.
The first area where Storm Goni landed was Bato on Catanduanes Island, near Luzón Island, with super typhoon winds of more than 225 km / h.
After torrential rain in Bato from 1 to 11 dawn, Hurricane Goni returned to the sea and made landfall in the city of Tiwi in Albay province on the main island of Luzon. This is also the area that has recorded the most damage due to the super typhoon so far. Only in Albay, so far 7 people have died from Typhoon Goni.
The super typhoon then weakened but returned to the sea, swept across Ragay Bay and struck the city of San Narciso in Quezon province, causing severe flooding in the area.
Although weakened below the level of the super typhoon, Goni’s strongest winds at this time are at 175 km / h and moving west at about 25 km / h.
The flash floods were caused by super typhoon Goni when it made landfall in Albay province, south of the island of Luzon – Source: Twitter / DW
Many areas, including the metropolitan area of Manila, have been placed under the level 4 warning that it can withstand winds of 170 to 220 km / h for 12 hours.
Typhoon Goni is forecast to continue to weaken after crossing the southern island of Luzon and entering the South China Sea during the afternoon of 1-11 and sunrise from 2-11.
On average, around 20 storms hit the Philippines each year, causing severe damage, razing property and damaging crops, leaving many people in constant trouble because they finish building and rebuilding later. The previous storm was swept away by the next.
