Manila, Philippines: The death toll from Super Typhoon Ragasa has risen to 10 in the Philippines, with 13 injured, according to police and government officials on Wednesday.
The weather bureau issued a warning of a new storm threatening the eastern region.
Precisely, 192,000 people were affected, including nearly 25,000 who were displaced, according to the national disaster agency.
The fatalities included seven fishermen whose boat capsised off the northern province of Cagayan, which bore the brunt of Ragasa’s onslaught, the coast guard said.
Previously, four were reported dead and three were missing.
The fishing boat docked at a pier in Sta Ana to seek shelter from Ragasa, but the crew did not leave the ship, so some of them were trapped underneath the ill-fated vessel.
The other fatalities were found floating in nearby mangroves, the coast guard said.
In Benguet province, one person died and seven were injured when landslides struck vehicles on a highway in Tuba town, the disaster agency said.
A village security officer died when a fallen tree branch hit him in Calayan town in Cagayan.
A 67-year-old man died after he slipped and fell into a river in La Union province, according to police and the coast guard.
“The weather bureau reported that Ragasa, locally known as Nando, maintained its strength as it exited the Philippines, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (kph).
“It gusts up to 230 kph while moving toward southern China.”
As Ragasa moved out of the Philippines’ area, a new tropical storm was approaching the country and expected to bring rain by Thursday, the weather bureau said.
Tropical Storm Bualoi, locally called Opong, was intensifying as it churned towards the Philippines’ eastern provinces, with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph and gusts of up to 105 kph.
“Opong will continue to intensify over the Philippine Sea and may reach typhoon category before making landfall over the Bicol Region.
