Typhoon Cosme Victims in (Alaminos City) Northern Philippines are Now Recovering
Tropical storm “Cosme” (international name ‘Halong’) gained strength as it approached the northern Philippines and was expected to hit land late Saturday, the government weather station said.
The storm was about 130-140 kilometers west of Iba on the main northern island of Luzon at 10:30 a.m. and moving northeast at 20 kilometers per hour.
It was expected to hit the coastal Luzon province of Ilocos Sur late Saturday and cross the northern tip of Luzon.
The storm was packing maximum winds of 105 kilometers per hour near the center with gusts of up to 135 kilometers per hour, the weather station said.
The highest level of a three-step storm alert has been raised for Ilocos Sur and its neighboring provinces north of Manila. Lower level alerts were in force over the rest of Luzon including over Metro Manila.
Cosme has already brought unseasonably heavy rains to Luzon and the central islands, resulting in floods that left two women dead on the island of Negros and forced thousands to flee their homes earlier this week.
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, who is also head of civil defense, said it was unusual for a storm to hit in May and warned people to take adequate precautions.
Now northern Philippines is Recovering from the tragic “typhoon cosme”. God Bless to all victims.
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