Philippines Cancels Classes,Flights As New Storm Looms

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Philippines shut schools and scrapped flights yesterday as a fresh storm threatened to hit just days after a super typhoon killed nine people in the archipelago.
Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi is forecast to intensify into a typhoon today and then slam into the southern end of the Philippines' largest island, Luzon.
"Widespread flooding and landslides in mountainous areas are possible," Benison Estareja from the nation's weather service told a blade-->

A fishing boat is seen washed ashore in Calayan island, Cagayan province on September 23, 2025, a day after Super Typhoon Ragasa hit the island. Ragasa had already toppled trees, torn the roofs off buildings and killed at least two people in a landslide while lashing the northern Philippines, where thousands sought shelter in schools and evacuation centres. (Photo by Cristy Gaffud / AFP)

The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, putting millions of people in disaster-prone areas in a state of constant poverty.
Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms due to the effects of human-driven climate change.
Authorities warned of a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge" of up to 10 feet with the coming blade-->

Residents secure their fishing boats at a village in Legaspi City, Albay province, south of Manila, on September 25, 2025, ahead of Tropical Storm Bualoi's landfall in the Bicol region. The Philippines shut schools and scrapped flights on September 25 as a fresh storm threatened to hit just days after a super typhoon killed nine people in the archipelago. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)

The Philippine Coast Guard said around 1,500 people were stranded in ports of Bicol, the region where the typhoon is forecast to hit.
Thousands were also still displaced in the rain-soaked nation after Super Typhoon Ragasa passed over the country's far northern end and killed at least nine people.
The weather bureau said the outer bands of Bualoi might also bring rains to the northern Philippines.
"These rains are continuous and may cause renewed flooding, and landslides, especially in areas that are already saturated," Civil Defence Administrator Harold Cabreros said.
Seven fishermen died during Ragasa when their boat was flipped over by huge waves in the far northern Cagayan Province, while one person was killed by a toppled tree.
A typhoon-triggered landslide also killed a 74-year-old man and injured at least seven people in Benguet, a mountainous province north of Manila.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos pledged that food, medicine and other aid was in position in areas where Bualoi is expected to pass.
The storms come as public anger seethes over a scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

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