Cargo trucks bound for the Visayas and Mindanao islands line up along a highway in Daraga town, Albay province, south of Manila on April 18, 2021, after authorities stopped the ferry service between Luzon and Samar islands due to Typhoon Bising (international name: Surigae) as it moves over the eastern seaboard of the country. (Photo by Charism SAYAT / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines – More than 2,700 individuals were stranded in different ports in Eastern and Central Visayas, Bicol region and Northeastern Mindanao due to Typhoon Bising, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday.
As of 4 a.m., the PCG said a total of 2,792 individuals, 36 vessels, and 1,032 rolling cargoes were stranded, while 55 vessels and 54 motor bancas were taking shelter amid bad weather.
Most of the stranded individuals were in Eastern Visayas ports with 1,185 passengers.
The Bicol region has 971 stranded passengers, while Central Visayas has 109 stranded passengers and Northeastern Mindanao 527.
In the latest bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), it said the center of Typhoon Bising was located 505 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon.
Pagasa said Bising had maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 215 kph as it slowly moved northward. – Liezelle Soriano Roy, trainee
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