Jul 26. (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least 34 people have died in the Philippines following the passage of Typhoon Gaemi, with seven more dead and 785 injured in Taiwan, authorities confirmed in their latest report on Friday.
Among the victims in the Philippines are 11 people who died from drowning or electrocution in the capital, Manila, which suffered one of the worst floods in more than a decade, according to the report published by the National Police of Taiwan and reported by the ABS-CBN channel.
Police have also confirmed 12 deaths in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal, most of them due to drowning and landslides.
Eight more people have died in storm-related accidents caused by the imminent arrival of the typhoon on the island, according to the Philippine National Disaster Management Agency.
Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operations Center (CECO) has also confirmed at least one person missing in the typhoon, which has led to the closure of schools and offices in all 22 cities and counties in Taiwan, state news agency CNA reported.
The typhoon has crossed the island with winds of about 184 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 227 kilometers per hour and, although it has weakened in the last few hours after making landfall, the authorities are maintaining the alerts issued.
Some 700,000 homes have been left without electricity and 88,000 without water, while more than 400 domestic and international flights have been cancelled. The typhoon made landfall in Yilan (east) and moved towards the Taiwan Strait early in the day.
The Central Meteorological Administration has already lifted maritime and land warnings for Gaemi on Friday morning, but has warned that the next few hours will see further heavy rain in many parts of Taiwan.
However, the storm has lost strength over the past three hours and poses no further threat to waters north of Taiwan, as well as the outer counties of Kinmen and Lienchiang, according to CWA.
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