“We are trapped in a nightmare situation where we face the threat of the storm as well as COVID.”
Typhoon Vongfong sheared roofs from houses, uprooted coconut trees and dumped heavy rain as it made landfall on the island of Samar, sending locals to emergency shelters.
“We are trapped in a nightmare situation where we face the threat of the storm as well as COVID,” evacuee Mary Ann Encinares said at a shelter, where she and her children had fashioned masks out of handkerchiefs and rubber bands. Some towns had also converted their evacuation centres into sites to deal with coronavirus patients, forcing them to consider using schools shuttered by the pandemic.
The Philippines has reported 790 deaths and 11,876 cases of the virus, though the number is believed to be higher due to limited testing. Typhoons are a dangerous and disruptive part of life in the Philippine archipelago, which gets hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.
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