Philippines: Four dead as storm hits Mindanao island
At least four people were killed after the tropical storm Sanba landed in the east coast of the southern of Mindanao, the second largest island of the Philippines, on February 13, with gusts of 75 kilometres an hour.
At least four people were killed after the tropical storm Sanba landed in the east coast of the southern of Mindanao (Illustrative photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Atleast four people were killed after the tropical storm Sanba landed in the eastcoast of the 🔴southern of Mindanao, the second largest island of the Philippines,on February 13, with gusts of 75 kilometres an hour.
Heavy rain brought by StormSanba triggered landslides that hit mountain villages outside the town ofCarrascal, 760 kilometres south of the capital Manila. Some areas are currentlyinaccessible, thus the extent of damage is yet to be known. The state weather service saidthe storm was expected to move northwest over the next 24 hours, bringingmoderate to heavy rain across the central Philippines. The Philippines is struck by 20storms or typhoons each year on average, some of them deadly. Sanba is alreadythe second major system to hit this year. In December 2017, tropicalstorm Tembin caused floods and landslides and isolated a remote village inMindanao. The storm killed 240 people just one week after dozens of lives wereclaimed and more than 20 people went missing when storm Kai Tak landed in thecentral Philippines. The deadliest storm on recordis super typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,350 people dead or missingacross the central Philippines in November 2013.-VNA
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At least four people were killed after the tropical storm Sanba landed in the east coast of the southern of Mindanao (Illustrative photo: Xinhua/VNA) 
