Philippines, coastal China bear full brunt of Typhoon Mangkhut
Philippine and Chinese authorities are still counting the death toll and damage caused by Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest storm in the world in the last two years.
Rescuers brought bodies of victims out of a mud slide side in Baguio, the Philippines, on September 16. (Source: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Philippine and Chinese authorities are still counting the death tolland damage caused by Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest storm in the world in thelast two years.
Mangkhut struckthe Philippines on September 15 and weakened from a typhoon to a tropical stormas it moved deeper into southern China on September 17, with rain and strongwinds expected to continue through September 18.
By the end ofSeptember 17, it was reported the death toll in the Philippines, mostly on itsnorthern island of Luzon, amounted to 65; and the number of people missing was rising.
Many of themissing were gold miners and their families feared they were buried in a landslideafter seeking shelter in a bunkhouse-turned-chapel in Itogon town, in Benguetprovince. Rescuers had so far found 11 bodies from a muddy mound covering theshelter. The chance of finding survivors was projected at 1 percent.
The storm also hurtthe country’s production of vegetables, rice and corn with the harvest seasonjust a month away.
The storm slammedinto southern China, including Guangdong province and the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions, on September 16.
The country’smeteorological administration said Mangkhut was one of the 10 biggest storms tohit southeast China since 1949. Millions of people were evacuated from thetyphoon, which caused floods, damaged buildings, uprooted trees and suspendedtraffic. It led to the first ever closure of all 42 casinos in Macau.
Locals are nowrecovering from the havoc. The traffic flow has resumed in Guangdong, whereeight people were killed and 951,000 evacuated during the storm. Hong Kong hasbegun its efforts to clear the streets, with public services and schoolsexpected to reopen after September 18.-VNA
Northern and north-central localities have taken measures to prepare themselves for super typhoon Mangkhut, which is forecast to bring heavy rains and whirlwind to the regions on September 17-18.
At least 30 miners were killed and 13 others went missing in a landslide, triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut, in Itogon town, the Philippines’ northern province of Benguet.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on September 17 repeated his desire to shut all mines in the country following deadly landslides that some government officials and large miners said have been exacerbated by illegal small-scale mining.
Typhoon Mangkhut cost the Philippines a total of 250,730 tonnes of paddy rice after it hit across the nation’s northern provinces over the weekend, according to initial official estimates. The figure exceeded a previous forecast by 60 percent.
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Rescuers brought bodies of victims out of a mud slide side in Baguio, the Philippines, on September 16. (Source: AFP/VNA) 
