The typhoon, known locally as Typhoon Rolly, passed over the south of the country’s main island Luzon, causing heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides, before weakening as it skirted the edges of the capital of Manila.
“The number of affected (is) 372,653 families or 2,068,085 individuals. Ten are dead and one injured. Cost of damage is still being assessed,” NDRRMC spokesman Ricardo Jalad said Monday.
Typhoon Goni was the strongest storm to have occurred anywhere in the world so far this year when it made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday morning, with wind speeds of up to 215 kph (133…
