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Video PlayerClose MANILA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Manila's international airport, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, will be closed for 12 hours starting 11 a.m. on Tuesday due to the threat posed by powerful typhoon Kammuri that is expected to make a landfall on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, airport authorities said on Monday. Ed Monreal, general manager of the Manila international airport authority, said that the airport will be closed from 11 a.m. on Tuesday until 11 p.m. "This is technically force majeure, and for safety of the passengers," Monreal told a news conference. Monreal said a total of 438 flights are going to be affected by the closure. Over 60,000 people in flood- and landslide-prone areas in the Bicol region have so far been moved to safer areas in anticipation of the typhoon which is expected to dump heavy rains to Metro Manila and many parts of the provinces in the Philippine main Luzon island, central Philippines and northern Mindanao in the southern … [Read more...] about Manila’s int’l airport to close for 12 hours due to typhoon Kammuri

Manila: Typhoon Kammuri barrelled towards the Philippines on Monday, pushing tens of thousands of people into evacuation centres and prompting authorities to order a temporary closure of Manila's international airport as a safety precaution. Kammuri was expected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday and then pass to the south of the capital, which is home to some 13 million people and is hosting thousands of athletes for the regional Southeast Asian Games. Airport officials said they made the call based on the potency of the storm, which was forecast to come ashore with intense rains and sustained winds of up to 165 kilometres (100 miles) per hour as well as gusts of up to 230 kilometres per hour, forecasters said. "Based on our estimate, it will be closed from 11 am (0300 GMT) to 11 pm tomorrow, December 3," said Ed Monreal, general manager of Manila's airport authority. Nearly 70,000 people had already fled their homes in the Bicol region, disaster officials said, which is … [Read more...] about Typhoon Kammuri to Make Landfall Soon, Philippines Carries Out Evacuation, Closes Manila Airport

MANILA: A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one man and bringing heavy rains that prompted the suspension of air travel and government offices in the capital, and warnings of floods, storm surges and landslides. Local governments evacuated some 225,000 people ahead of the arrival overnight of Typhoon Kammuri, known locally as Tisoy, which weakened slightly and picked up speed as it moved across central parts of the archipelago. Kammuri, the 20th typhoon to hit the country in 2019, brought winds of 150 kph (93 mph) and gusts of up to 205 kph (127 mph), damaging some homes and structures and felling trees and signage in urban areas. A 33-year-old man died after being electrocuted while attempting to fix his roof, a civil defence official in the Bicol region told local radio. Live TV Some 499 flights were postponed and 100,000 people impacted by a rare precautionary closure of all four terminals at Manila`s main airport for 12 hours until 11:00 p.m. Tuesday (1500 GMT). … [Read more...] about One killed as Typhoon Kammuri hits the Philippines, hundreds of flights halted

Video PlayerClose MANILA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have died as typhoon Kammuri slammed the Philippines since Monday, government officials said on Tuesday. Claudio Yucot, director of the Office of Civil Defense in the Bicol region, said a 33-year-old man died of electrocution on Monday morning while fixing the roof of his house in Libmanan town in Camarines Sur province. Oriental Mindoro Governor Hubert Dolor said a 59-year-old man died after a tree fell on him while clearing debris in front of his house in Baco town. Another man was hit by a galvanized iron sheet in Pinamalayan town. Police said a 38-year-old man also died in Ormoc town in Leyte province after being hit by fallen tree branches on Monday. At least half a million people from Bicol region and nearby provinces south of Manila have been taken to safer place. Electricity was also shut in the region, local officials said. Classes and government offices were also suspended in the affected provinces. Airport … [Read more...] about 4 dead as powerful typhoon slams Philippines

One of the victims was a 33-year-old man who was electrocuted when a live wire snapped and hit him while he was reinforcing his house roof in Libmanan town in the eastern province of Camarines Sur province, police said. A 59-year-old man was crushed by a falling tree while he cleared debris in front of his house in Baco town in Oriental Mindoro province, while another man was hit by a galvanized iron sheet torn off from a house in nearby Pinamalayan town, said Governor Hubert Dolor. In Ormoc City, a 38-year-old construction worker died when branches of a tree fell on him while he was riding his motorcycle home, police said. Kammuri slammed into the eastern region of Bicol late on Monday evening, causing floods, damaging dozens of houses and an airport, and cutting off electricity to a wide area. "We were beaten by the typhoon," said Governor Francis Escudero of Sorsogon province, where Kammuri made its first landfall on Monday night. "Many of our trees and electric posts were downed. I … [Read more...] about Four die as typhoon hammers Philippines