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Floods and mud flooded the roof in the province of Albay in a photo posted to Facebook on January 1 by author AJ Miraflor – Source: Phil Star
With winds of 225 km / h, this is the strongest storm to ever land in the Philippines since 2015. This storm left the Philippines and entered the South China Sea, but left deep flooding in the areas where it passed.
According to the newspaper Phil Star, Typhoon Goni has killed at least 7 people due to downed trees, levees and flooding. The heavy rains caused by Typhoon Goni washed away the volcanic mud from the Mayon volcano and heavily flooded the Albay and Quezon provinces.
Central Manila also experiences heavy rain, moderate rain, occasional heavy rain with strong winds as the eye passes through the area near the capital.
However, in the next 24 to 48 hours a new storm is forming offshore, moving west into Philippine waters.
According to the National Agency for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, about a third of the population of the Philippines (19.8 to 31.1 million people) was affected by Typhoon Goni, of which about 2.4 million were poor and 221,000 households live in temporary houses that are not permanent.
Traffic, including air and rail services, stopped running until 10 a.m. on November 2. Power outages happen in many places.
President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the provinces affected by Typhoon Goni today and will decide how much budget support will be extended to these towns.
Around 22:00 pm 1-11, Typhoon Goni enters the South China Sea and becomes the 10th storm in 2020.
It is forecast that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move in a northwest direction, every hour is 15-20km. At 10:00 p.m. on November 2, the center of the storm was about 420 kilometers southeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago. The strongest wind near the center of a strong storm is level 10 (90-100 km / h), level 13.
For the next 48 to 72 hours, the typhoon moved in a southwesterly direction, traveling at 10 to 15 kilometers per hour. At 7:00 pm on November 4, the mind of the storm was in the waters from Da Nang to Phu Yen. The strongest wind near the center of strong storms is level 9-10 (75-100 km / h), level 12.
For the next 72 to 96 hours, the typhoon moved in a southwesterly direction, traveling at about 10 kilometers per hour.
