Rescuers ferry residents trapped in their homes after floods caused by Tropical Storm Trami inundate their village at Nabua, Camarines Sur province, Philippines Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard via AP
Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the northeastern coast.
Trami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering widespread flooding and landslides.
With maximum sustained winds of 95 kph (59 mph), the storm was moving westward across the mountainous northern region of Cordillera towards the South China Sea, the state weather agency said in its 11 a.m. (0300 GMT) weather bulletin.
It warned of heavy to intense rainfall, flooding, landslides and storm surges for some northern provinces.
Most of the deaths from the storm over the past few days were due to drowning and landslides in the central Bicol region, including Naga city where 14 were reported dead on Thursday, officials said.
Trami made landfall in the northeastern town of Divilacan in Isabela province. The town's disaster chief, Ezikiel Chavez, said no fatalities had been reported.
The government ordered businesses and schools in the path of the storm to close in anticipation of heavy rain and floods.
Over 163,000 people were sheltering in evacuation centres, the civil defence office said, most of whom were in Bicol as residents fled their homes after floodwaters reached as high as the roofs of bungalow houses.
The civil aviation regulator said on Thursday at least a dozen flights across the country had been cancelled due to the storm.
The central bank cancelled foreign exchange trading and monetary operations for a second straight day.
The Philippines typically records an average of 20 tropical storms annually, often resulting in heavy rains, strong winds, and deadly landslides.
熱帶氣旋「特拉米」在菲律賓造成大面積破壞，造成至少 26 人死亡
官員週四表示，熱帶風暴特拉米在菲律賓東北海岸登陸，已造成至少 26 人死亡，並迫使超過 15 萬人逃離家園。
特拉米（當地稱為嚴重熱帶風暴克里斯汀）為呂宋島主島帶來了暴雨，引發了大規模的洪水和山體滑坡。
國家氣象局在上午11 點（格林威治標準時間0300）的天氣預報中表示，風暴的最大持續風速為95 公里/小時（59 英里/小時），正在向西移動，穿過科迪勒拉山脈北部山區，朝南中國海移動。
它警告說，北部一些省份將出現強降雨、洪水、山崩和風暴潮。
官員稱，過去幾天風暴造成的死亡大部分是由於比科爾中部地區的溺水和山體滑坡造成的，其中納加市週四據報道有 14 人死亡。
特拉米在伊莎貝拉省東北部城鎮迪維拉坎登陸。 該鎮救災負責人埃齊基爾·查韋斯表示，目前還沒有人員死亡的報告。
由於預計會有大雨和洪水，政府下令風暴路徑上的企業和學校關閉。
民防辦公室表示，超過 163,000 人在疏散中心避難，其中大多數人在比科爾，因為洪水高達平房屋頂，居民紛紛逃離家園。
民航監管機構週四表示，由於風暴，全國至少有十幾架航班被取消。
央行連續第二天取消外匯交易和貨幣操作。
菲律賓通常每年平均發生 20 場熱帶風暴，常常導致暴雨、強風和致命的山體滑坡。
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