A series of houses were destroyed, schools unroofed, trees blown when second weekly super typhoon landed on the northern Philippines.
Haiman storm blew the roof of the people in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. Photo: AFP
Haima super typhoon landfall in northern Cagayan province, located on the Philippine island of Luzon with winds of 19/10 night equivalent super typhoon Haiyan, the strongest hurricane history, devastated the Southeast Asian country in 2013 , according to AFP.
Throughout the night, the storm swept through the hilly areas and fields with winds of 225 km / h, destroyed many homes and schools, causing severe damage to infrastructure for the largest Philippine island .
There has been no information on casualties.
"From a distance, you can see rice paddies and corn blown. Many houses were destroyed, I saw a falling tree crushed a high rise building in the university," Villamor Visaya, a lecturer school in the city of Ilagan said.
According to Mr. Jefferson Soriano, mayor of Tuguegarao, Cagayan provincial capital, many people have called for help from the government because of the roof blown off, but rescuers have not been implemented.
Carranglan town, south of Cagayan, on the way of storms, landslides situation happened many places, a bus buried on the morning of 20/10.
Philippines often hit by about 20 major storms a year, causing losses of life and property.
Haima is the 12th hurricane landfall in the Philippines in 2016 and is super typhoon hit the nation Monday for a week. Haima storms expected to move towards the west left the island of Luzon in the day 20/10 and toward southern China and landed in Hong Kong this weekend.
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