IN PHOTOS: #InengPH lashes Baguio

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IN PHOTOS: #InengPH lashes Baguio
Typhoon Ineng has left many parts of Baguio City drenched and without electricity

Strong winds in town. Parked at Cathedral since there is No Globe signal at home, no electricity for most of baguio and I can’t travel down to the lowlands to avoid this weather.

Posted by Yabs Jay Dee on Friday, August 21, 2015


MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Ineng (international name: Goni) is expected to depart the Philippine area of responsibility by Monday, August 24, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Counci (NDRRMC)l. 
The typhoon has left many parts of Baguio City drenched and without electricity. It toppled several pine trees and severed electrical cables, reported Droplets, an environmental advocacy forum in Baguio.
According to Droplets, Leonard Wood Road near the Botanical Garden, South Drive near the Teachers Camp gate, and Laubach Road had been closed to traffic.
BLOCKED ROAD. Since cars cannot pass some of the roads, the easier way to move around is via motorbikes. Photo by Art Tibaldo/Droplets
Photo by Art Tibaldo/Droplets
SLIDE. Kennon Road during Typhoon Ineng. Photo by FrankJr Tauli Lacamen
No flight, fishing, sailing

As of August 21, flights to and from Batanes have been cancelled, while a “no sailing and no fishing” policy remains in effect for Batanes and the Calayan group of islands. Hospitals in Batanes are also on code blue alert.

Mount Pulag has been declared off-limits to climbers.

PAGASA has asked local fisherfolk in the Visayas to avoid going out to sea while Typhoon Ineng remains in the Philippines.

As of Saturday, August 22, the following areas had been placed under public storm warning signals:

  • Signal No. 3: Batanes, Calayan, and Babuyan Group of Islands
  • Signal  No. 2: Cagayan, Apayao, and Ilocos Norte

  • Signal No. 1: Isabela, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra,  Ilocos Sur

State weather bureau PAGASA warned residents of possible flashfloods and landslides in low lying and mountainous areas of provinces placed under Storm Signal Nos. 1 to 3. Meanwhile, enhanced habagat will continue to bring monsoon rains over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas up to Sunday. – Rappler.com

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