Four more provinces in Mindanao were put under Signal No. 1, raising the total number of provinces in the southern Philippines to 18 under the storm alert as tropical depression Crising accelerated its strength and continued to threaten Mindanao, according to the latest weather update.
Tropical depression Crising has maintained its strength and is threatening southeastern Mindanao, according to the latest weather update of the state weather bureau.
The residents of Roxas City and three nearby municipalities have difficulty getting their potable water requirement as the water from Panay River, the only water source, has been contaminated with silt.
More than 9,280 passengers have been stranded at Manila’s North Harbor and eight other major ports in Luzon due to rough sea conditions caused by tropical depression “Quinta” (international code name: Wukong), as of Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Two persons drowned and two others remained missing in Iloilo as of Wednesday night, after heavy rains brought by typhoon “Quinta” triggered flooding in several municipalities in the province.
Residents in central Philippines may now heave a sigh of relief.
Forty-one flights to and from Ninoy Aquino International Airport were cancelled on Wednesday due to bad weather brought by tropical depression “Quinta.”
Thirty patients of the district hospital of Barotac Viejo town in Iloilo were evacuated Wednesday afternoon due to heavy rains and threats of flooding due to storm “Quinta.”
Since Christmas Eve, typhoon evacuees here have been anxiously asking about the new weather disturbance, which they feared could hit their already devastated communities in Compostela Valley.
Tropical depression “Quinta” caused widespread travel disruption Wednesday as major ports were shut down and domestic flights and bus travel to the Visayas and Mindanao were cancelled.
Tropical storm “Quinta” shut down all ports in Masbate on Wednesday and the Coast Guard in the island-province said at least 32 passengers were stranded in three seaports.
A Christmas Day tornado outbreak left damage across the U.S. South while holiday travelers in the much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions.
The Philippine Coast Guard has placed on “full alert” all its units nationwide for the onslaught of tropical storm “Quinta, which has entered the Philippine area of responsibility.
