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Typhoon Halong Damaged Properties

OMom on May 19th 2008

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Typhoon Halong made land fall in the Philippines on Saturday, May 17th. From the last count, 12 people were killed and over 34,000 people were displaced in the hardest hit areas. Provincial Councils of Pangasinan and Zambales are said to meet Monday to discuss the possibility of declaring a state of calamity for the regions.The entire province of Pangasinan is without power due to damage done to the western sub-station of the National Transmission Company.According to the local media, ABS-CBN,

“Pangasinan’s Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council has confirmed six fatalities. Two children were missing after reportedly drowning in a river in Dagupan City. Aside from Dagupan, 23 other towns and cities in the province were affected by the typhoon.”

Local Sagunto eyewitness stated that he has never seen a storm as powerful as the one that passed last Saturday. It has left a lot of property damage, especially roofs made from galvanized iron that simply flew. It is reported that our local Captain Esteban’s home was badly damaged where the entire roof came off and landed close to the Pascua compound. Many others suffered similar damage to their homes. In addition to property damages, trees, crops and agricultural produce were also lost or damaged by Typhoon Halong.

The storm weakened as it passed the northern part of Philippines and is currently making its way towards Okinawa, Japan where it is predicted to make landfall early Tuesday.

Photobucket (Residents inspect what’s left of a house that was crushed by a tree uprooted by strong winds from tropical storm ‘Cosme’ in Sison, Pangasinan. Photo By JONJON VICENCIO. Full story at Philippine Headline News Online )

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