Severe Rains and Floods Disrupt Northern Philippines

A storm named 'Tropical Storm Yagi' struck northern Philippines, causing heavy rains, flooding, and disruptions. Classes and government work were suspended, with authorities warning residents in flood-prone areas to evacuate. Two deaths were reported in Camarines Sur province. The Philippines faces frequent typhoons due to its location in the 'Pacific Ring of Fire.'

A storm unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, prompting authorities to suspend classes and government work in the capital region and warn thousands of residents to prepare to evacuate from flood-prone villages along a key river.

Tropical Storm Yagi was blowing 115 kilometres (71 miles) northeast of Infanta town in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, on Monday with sustained winds of up to 75 kilometres (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 90 kilometres (56 miles) per hour, according to the weather bureau.

The storm, locally called Enteng, was moving northwestward at 15 kilometres (9 miles) per hour near the eastern coast of the main northern region of Luzon, where the weather bureau warned of possible flash floods and landslides in mountainous provinces.

(With inputs from agencies.)