ฟิลิปปินส์อพยพ 9 พันคน ตั้งรับ “พายุโซนร้อนเฟิงเฉิน” เตือนฝนถล่ม-น้ำท่วมหนัก

Thousands of people living on a Philippine island left their homes along the Pacific coast on Oct 18 as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen. The eye of the storm was forecast to brush past Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000 people, later in the day with gusts of up to 80kmh. /Westernpacificweather/

ฟิลิปปินส์อพยพ 9 พันคน – Fengshen will bring heavy rainfall, along with a “minimal to moderate risk” of coastal flooding from 1m to 2m waves being pushed ashore by the disturbance, the government weather service said. More than 9,000 residents of Catanduanes moved to safer ground, the provincial disaster office said, in a well-rehearsed routine on the island that is often the first major landmass hit by cyclones that form in the western Pacific Ocean. /Westernpacificweather/

ฟิลิปปินส์อพยพ 9 พันคน – The Catanduanes provincial government ordered local officials to “activate their respective evacuation plans” for residents of “high-risk areas”, including the coast, low-lying communities and landslide-prone slopes, rescue official Gerry Rubio said. The neighbouring provinces of Sorsogon and Albay also called for pre-emptive evacuations, but official figures were not immediately available. /Westernpacificweather/