{"id":3371,"date":"2025-10-18T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/thousands-evacuate-philippine-coast-as-tropical-storm-fengshen-approaches\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:38:24","slug":"thousands-evacuate-philippine-coast-as-tropical-storm-fengshen-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/thousands-evacuate-philippine-coast-as-tropical-storm-fengshen-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands evacuate Philippine coast as Tropical Storm Fengshen approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thousands of residents of a Philippine island have fled their homes along the Pacific coast as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen, rescue officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The eye of the storm was forecast to brush past Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000 people, later on Saturday with gusts of up to 80km\/h (50mph).<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/10\/2\/death-toll-rises-to-72-after-powerful-earthquake-in-philippines\">Photos: Death toll rises to 72 after powerful earthquake in Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/tropical-storm-kills-at-least-4-displaces-400000-in-philippines\">Tropical storm kills at least 4, displaces 400,000 in Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2025\/9\/30\/typhoon-bualoi-kills-dozens-in-vietnam-and-philippines\">Photos: Typhoon Bualoi kills dozens in Vietnam and Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Fengshen will bring heavy rainfall, along with a \u201cminimal to moderate risk\u201d of coastal flooding from 1.2-metre (3.2-foot) waves being pushed ashore, the government weather service said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 9,000 residents of Catanduanes moved to safer ground, the provincial disaster office said, in an often-repeated drill on the island that has previously been the first major landmass hit by cyclones that form in the western Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The Catanduanes provincial government ordered local officials to \u201cactivate their respective evacuation plans\u201d for residents of \u201chigh-risk areas\u201d, including the coast, low-lying communities and landslide-prone slopes, rescue official Gerry Rubio told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions of impoverished people live.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the planet warms due to human-driven climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Fengshen comes as the country is still reeling from a series of major earthquakes and typhoons that killed dozens of people in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, at least 79 people were killed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/1\/deadly-earthquake-hits-philippines-what-we-know-so-far\">magnitude 6.9 earthquake<\/a> in Cebu province in the central Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/10\/tsunami-warning-after-7-4-earthquake-off-philippines-what-we-know\">another earthquake<\/a> struck, this time a magnitude 7.4 off the coast of the southern Philippines, killing at least six people and triggering a second, magnitude 6.9 quake later in the day. Tsunami warnings were issued after each earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, several people were killed and thousands were evacuated from villages and schools in the northern Philippines, while offices were closed, as Typhoon Ragasa struck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty. Thousands of residents of a Philippine island have fled their homes along the Pacific coast as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen, rescue officials said. 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