Deaths from rains in the Philippines rise to 25 as it remains under the effects of cyclones

Manila.- Authorities in Philippines raised this Friday to 25 the total number of deaths counted in the last ten days due to the passage of three cyclones, while the last of these phenomena (Co-may) made landfall on Thursday night and is expected to hit again with full force tonight about 370 kilometers north of Manila. The government department for disaster management, which put the total number of deaths at 12 on Thursday, published a new report this Friday in which it raises that number to 25, without explaining whether the 13 new victims perished in the last 24 hours or if they are deaths from previous days that were not registered.

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Eight people have also been documented as injured and another eight missing. The report explains that the bad weather began to wreak havoc from July 15th. From then on, Typhoon Wipha and storm Francisco caused rains that generated floods in the archipelago, which led the Government to declare the suspension of classes in some regions, after about 3,000 classrooms suffered damage. The aviation authorities suspended about 70 flights on Thursday and canceled another 27 today, while dozens of routes suffered delays due to bad weather. This Friday, the Co-may cyclone, called Emong in the Philippines, generated winds of 120 kilometers per hour in the early morning in the province of Pangasinan and is expected to make landfall again in the town of Ilocos del Sur. The Meteorological Agency (PAGASA) estimates that 3.8 million people have been affected in various ways by the floods, which have also caused damage to more than three million homes, a thousand of them with severe losses. Among the damages confirmed by the authorities are crop losses, fallen pedestrian and vehicular bridges, landslides, flooded roads, and fallen trees. Because of this, at least 84 municipalities have declared a state of disaster.