Storm set to be the strongest to hit the Philippines this year after a period of ‘explosive intensification’, weather agency says
“We ask residents living in danger zones to adhere to calls for evacuation whenever necessary,” the Philippine national police chief, General Rodolfo Azurin, said.
Weather forecaster Robb Gile said Noru’s rapid intensification was “unprecedented”. The agency said it increased by 90km/h in 24 hours.killing more than 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. “I asked our mayors to comply with strict preemptive evacuations,” Helen Tan, governor of Quezon province, told DZRH radio station. Fishermen in coastal communities were barred from heading to sea, she said.
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