国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

World / Asia-Pacific

Typhoon that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

(Agencies/China Daily) Updated: 2012-12-10 07:47

A typhoon that had left the Philippines after killing nearly 600 people and leaving hundreds missing in the south of the country has made a U-turn and is now threatening its northwest, officials said on Saturday.

The weather bureau raised storm warnings over parts of the main northern island of Luzon after Typhoon Bopha veered northeast. There was a strong possibility the disastrous storm would make a second landfall on Sunday, but it might also make a loop and remain in the South China Sea, forecasters said. In either case, it was moving close to shore and disaster officials warned of heavy rains and winds and possible landslides in the mountainous region.

Typhoon that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

Aid supplies are hurriedly delivered to victims of Typhoon Bopha in the southern Philippines on Sunday. The typhoon, now downgraded to a storm, claimed 540 lives and wreaked havoc last week. [Photo/Agencies]

Another calamity in the north would stretch recovery efforts thin. Most government resources, including army and police, are currently focused on the south, where Bopha hit on Tuesday before moving west into the South China Sea.

With many survivors still in shock, soldiers, police and outside volunteers formed most of the teams searching for bodies or signs of life under tons of fallen trees and boulders swept down from steep hills surrounding the worst-hit town of New Bataan, municipal spokesman Marlon Esperanza said.

"We are having a hard time finding guides," he said. "Entire families were killed and the survivors ... appear dazed. They can't move."

He said the rocks, mud, tree trunks and other rubble that litter the town have destroyed landmarks, making it doubly difficult to search places where houses once stood.

On Friday, bodies found jammed under fallen trees that could not be retrieved were marked with makeshift flags made of torn cloth so they could be easily spotted by properly equipped teams.

Authorities decided to bury unidentified bodies in a common grave after forensic officials process them for future identification by relatives, Esperanza said.

The town's damaged public market has been converted into a temporary funeral parlor. A few residents milled around two dozens white wooden coffins, some containing unidentified remains.

One resident, Jing Maniquiz, 37, said she rushed home from Manila for the wake of two of her sisters, but could not bring herself to visit the place where her home once stood in Andap village. Her parents, a brother and nephew are missing.

Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
张北县| 丽江市| 静安区| 交口县| 鹤庆县| 云霄县| 若羌县| 婺源县| 和田县| 台州市| 江川县| 梅河口市| 淳化县| 义乌市| 揭东县| 吕梁市| 新化县| 华池县| 大洼县| 武城县| 正安县| 抚顺县| 英山县| 报价| 灌南县| 汝阳县| 儋州市| 石阡县| 三原县| 卓尼县| 五家渠市| 呼伦贝尔市| 潞西市| 南木林县| 秦皇岛市| 新巴尔虎右旗| 旺苍县| 隆子县| 墨竹工卡县| 和静县| 黄龙县|