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Philippines Shuts Schools, Scraps Flights as Typhoon Co-May Nears
METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUL 23 – Typhoon Co-May has caused over 12 deaths and forced more than 12,500 evacuations while cancelling around 70 flights, with ongoing heavy rains worsening flood risks, officials said.
- Typhoon Emong, known internationally as Co-May, made landfall in Agno, Pangasinan at 10:40 p.m. according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration .
- Emong has winds reaching 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 165 kilometers per hour as it moves slowly eastward.
- Pagasa indicated that Emong may weaken slightly before its second landfall due to increasing interaction with the terrain of northwestern Luzon.
- The center of Emong is projected to make another landfall in La Union or Ilocos Sur late Thursday or early Friday morning, according to Pagasa.
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Typhoon Emong makes landfall in Pangasinan
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Emong (international name: Co-may) made landfall in the vicinity of Agno, Pangasinan Thursday evening according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). The typhoon made landfall at 10:40 p.m. on Thursday, the state weather agency said in its 11 p.m. bulletin. Emong was packing winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 165 kph while slowly mo…
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