Manila Gets Hit by Typhoon Gaemi: On Wednesday, the Philippines’ capital was hit by a heavy typhoon, and the country had earlier issued a disater zone in its capital.
Several parts of the Manila region were flooded by Typhoon Gaemi and people had to evacuate to a safer location.
Typhoon Gaemi especially affected several parts of Manila and the northern region, due to which several citizens’ works and classes were suspended.
Because of Typhoon Gaemi, the government suspended work and schools in 16 cities and with at least 13 million citizens.
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Furthermore, the council of Metro Manila mayors approved providing funds to all the citizens who were affected by this severe typhoon based on the procedures of the agency in charge.
According to the weather department, typhoon Gaemi was heading toward Taiwan with a wind speed of 190 kph and as strong as 155 kilometers per hour (96.3 mph).
As per the media reports, there was a landslide in the south of Manila that killed four people and also forced millions of people to leave their houses because of the typhoon.
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ABS-CBN News reported that the Marikina region often gets flooded when it rains, But this typhoon caused the rivers to overflow and forced the citizens to evacuate.
Several roads leading to the capital were also flooded, a video that went viral on the internet showed that a public bus was half drowned in the water as the passengers climbed on top of the bus and waited for help.
Due to the typhoon several flights were canceled on Wednesday as per the report from the airport authorities.
Meanwhile, the southern Philippines and south of Manila declared disaster zones by the agency on Wednesday.
However, In a statement earlier, the Department of Finance issued $500 million as backup funds to help areas that were damaged by typhoons.
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