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Typhoon Koppu’s trail of destruction

Philippine emergency teams are attempting to reach victims stranded by floods caused by Typhoon Koppu.

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A Taroyo family living along the coast of Manila Bay searches for salvageable items after their house was damaged by strong winds. [Romeo Ranoco/Reuters]
Published On 21 Oct 2015

Powerful Typhoon Koppu hit the northeastern Philippines early Sunday, toppling trees and knocking out power and communications and forcing the evacuation of thousands of villagers.

Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from Typhoon Koppu climbed to 16.

Koppu, the second strongest storm to hit the disaster-plagued Southeast Asian archipelago this year, had also forced more than 60,000 people from their homes according with authorities.

After making landfall on Sunday morning on the east coast of Luzon, the Philippines’ biggest island, the slow-moving typhoon brought heavy rain to some of the nation’s most important farming areas.

The storm is also forecast to continue dumping heavy rains across the Philippines until Wednesday.

 

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A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least 16 people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]
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Residents ride on a farm tractor amidst a strong current along a flooded highway in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija in northern Philippines. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]
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Powerful typhoon Koppu ploughed into the northeastern Philippines before dawn on Sunday destroying homes and displacing 60,000 people. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]
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Philippine emergency teams were attempting to reach victims stranded by flooding from Typhoon Koppu, and began clearing areas damaged by the storm which battered the north of the country. [Francis R.Malasig/EPA]
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Typhoon evacuees sleep as they are housed at a school gymnasium after fleeing their homes due to flooding brought by Typhoon Koppu in Cabanatuan city in northern Philippines. [Bullit Marquez/AP]
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The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 cyclones every year. [Francis R.Malasig/EPA]
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Army, police and volunteers scrambled to rescue hundreds of villagers trapped in their flooded homes and on rooftops in a northern Philippine province battered by slow-moving Typhoon Koppu. [Aaron Favila/AP]
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Residents begin cleaning up their homes in Cabanatuan, northern Philippines. [Bullit Marquez/AP]
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Philippine emergency teams were attempting to reach victims stranded by flooding from Typhoon Koppu, and began clearing areas damaged by the storm which battered the north of the country. [Francis R.Malasig/EPA]