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Typhoon Vamco Leaves Parts of Philippine Capital Underwater

VOA News

   Parts of the Philippines near the capital, Manila, are besieged by
   rising floods caused by Typhoon Vamco, which made landfall early
   Thursday.

   Emergency crews have been deployed across the main island of Luzon to
   rescue thousands of residents trapped in their homes, many of them
   forced to take refuge on the roofs of their submerged homes. At least
   three people are reportedly missing in one coastal province.

   Forecasters say Vamco was carrying maximum sustained winds of 130 kph
   as it passed over Luzon on a path toward the South China Sea.

   The arrival of the typhoon comes just days after the Pacific
   archipelago was devastated by super Typhoon Goni, which destroyed tens
   of thousands of homes and displaced some 370,000 people after striking
   Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 225 kph, making it the strongest
   typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.

   The Philippines is also struggling with a rampant outbreak of COVID-19,
   with more than 400,000 total infections and 7,710 deaths.

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