Duterte visits Rolly-ravaged Albay town as typhoon deaths hit 20

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="in">LOOK: Guinobatan aerial survey photos. (📸Sen. Bong Go) | via <a href="https://twitter.com/jmnpunzalan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jmnpunzalan</a> <a href="https://t.co/KiuEY9RJ2a">pic.twitter.com/KiuEY9RJ2a</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1323173288965648384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA<strong> (2nd UPDATE)</strong> - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited a town in Albay province that this year&#x27;s strongest storm pummeled, following criticism on his absence from public view during the disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 20 people. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/typhoon-bagyo-rolly-casualties-dead-bicol-region-as-of-november-2">Several dead, 3 missing in Bicol as year&#x27;s strongest typhoon moves out of PH</a></li></ul><p>Duterte led an aerial survey and later appeared before residents of Guinobatan town, where erstwhile super typhoon Rolly spawned landslides of volcanic ash from nearby Mt. Mayon.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: President Rodrigo Duterte leads aerial survey. 📸 Sen. Bong Go <a href="https://t.co/qBxTNM0DaI">pic.twitter.com/qBxTNM0DaI</a></p>— Jamaine Punzalan (@jmnpunzalan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmnpunzalan/status/1323173865476902913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Duterte will order investigation on Guinobatan quarrying after <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollyPH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollyPH</a>’s onslaught, says Go. <a href="https://t.co/ExbmEl5Lma">pic.twitter.com/ExbmEl5Lma</a></p>— Jamaine Punzalan (@jmnpunzalan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmnpunzalan/status/1323174732628287489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The President, 75, will seek a probe into quarrying operations in Guinobatan, following complaints about it from residents, said Sen. Christopher Go, Duterte&#x27;s former aide who was with him during the trip.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s aerial survey also passed over Catanduanes, where Rolly first made landfall and has cut off power and telco lines, said Go. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/first-to-face-rollys-wrath-catanduanes-counts-dead-damage">First to face Rolly&#x27;s wrath, Catanduanes counts dead, damage</a>	<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BWHQUrvPU1w?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure>	<address class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a> Courtesy of Philippine Air Force</address>	<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/first-to-face-rollys-wrath-catanduanes-counts-dead-damage"> </a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PH Coast Guard conducts aerial typhoon damage assessment mission.<br/><br/>90% Catanduanes infrastructure damaged by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollyPH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollyPH</a>, accdg to PCG &amp; OCD.<br/><br/>Catanduanes was the first area hit by the storm. Communication lines were down over the weekend. | <a href="https://twitter.com/jacquemanabat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jacquemanabat</a> <a href="https://t.co/JloPqty0Mu">pic.twitter.com/JloPqty0Mu</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1323176865209544704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Rolly (international name: Goni) was a &quot;super typhoon&quot; when it made landfall in Catanduanes dawn of Sunday, packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 225 kilometers per hour and dumping heavy rain across the Bicol region.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">These photos are from an aerial survey of Catanduanes, where <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollyPH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollyPH</a> made its first landfall. (📸Sen. Bong Go) | via <a href="https://twitter.com/jmnpunzalan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jmnpunzalan</a> <a href="https://t.co/npNeHGqELu">pic.twitter.com/npNeHGqELu</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1323163783942950913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>It was downgraded a few hours later as it swept across Luzon, and reduced intensity as it skirted the capital Manila and headed out to the South China Sea where it is expected to weaken into a severe tropical storm.</p><p>On Sunday, Cabinet officials held a press briefing. Duterte, who was then in Davao City, skipped the event. The hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo (where is the President?) trended after his no-show. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/kahapon-naman-ang-bagyo-palace-defends-typhoon-briefing-held-after-2-landfalls">&#x27;Kahapon naman ang bagyo&#x27;: Palace defends typhoon briefing held after 2 landfalls</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/20/duterte-no-show-in-typhoon-rampage-because-govt-is-functioning-palace">Duterte no-show in typhoon rampage because gov&#x27;t is &#x27;functioning&#x27; - Palace </a></li></ul><p>The President will fly back to Manila later Monday, said Malacañang.</p><div><strong>THOUSANDS STILL IN EVACUATION CENTERS</strong> </div><p>&quot;We are horrified by the devastation caused by this typhoon in many areas including Catanduanes island and Albay,&quot; Philippines Red Cross chief Richard Gordon said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;Up to 90 percent of homes have been badly damaged or destroyed in some areas. This typhoon has smashed into people&#x27;s lives and livelihoods on top of the relentless physical, emotional and economic toll of COVID-19.&quot;</p><p>Around 400,000 people fled their homes ahead of the typhoon and most of them remain in evacuation centers as authorities scramble to restore power and telecommunications services in the hardest-hit areas.</p><p>In Albay province, provincial disaster chief Cedric Daep said without pre-emptive evacuations &quot;thousands would have died&quot;.</p><p>&quot;We have extensive damage to infrastructure and housing,&quot; Daep said.</p><p>&quot;Many people are hungry. They had already suffered from COVID due to the loss of jobs and dislocation. Some don&#x27;t even have kitchen utensils.&quot;</p><div><strong>&#x27;SEVERELY AFFECTED&#x27; </strong></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/02/flood-cleaning.jpg"/><figcaption>A man cleans a house covered in mud following floods caused by Typhoon Goni, in Tierra Verde subdivision, Batangas City, Philippines, Nov. 2, 2020. Eloisa Lopez, Reuters </figcaption></figure></div><p>Three of the victims in Albay were caught in landslides of volcanic ash that police said engulfed numerous houses in two adjacent villages near the active Mayon volcano. Another 3 are still missing.</p><p>The mayor of Guinobatan, where the villages are located, told local media that around 147 homes had been swamped and some were now unlivable.</p><p>Across the areas in Rolly&#x27;s path, more than 20,000 houses were destroyed and around 55,500 partially damaged, Civil Defense said in a statement. Farmland was also damaged.</p><p>Clean-up efforts were under way with residents removing sodden furniture and other belongings from their houses as they shoveled out mud and debris after heavy rains inundated towns.</p><p>&quot;The flood took only minutes to rise -- not hours, but minutes,&quot; Alona Espino in Batangas city, south of Manila, told AFP.</p><p>&quot;We never experienced flood raging so fast.&quot;</p><p>The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons every year, which typically wipe out harvests, homes and infrastructure, keeping millions of people perennially poor.</p><p>Its deadliest on record was Super Typhoon Haiyan, which unleashed giant waves on the central city of Tacloban and left more than 7,300 people dead or missing in 2013.<strong>--With a report from Mikhail Flores, Agence France-Presse </strong></p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AftbeGap4yU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div> </div>

<p>MANILA<strong> (2nd UPDATE)</strong> - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited a town in Albay province that this year's strongest storm pummeled, following criticism on his absence from public view during the disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 20 people. </p>

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited a town in Albay province that this year's strongest storm pummeled, following criticism on his absence from public view during the disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 20 people.

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Duterte visits Rolly-ravaged Albay town as typhoon deaths hit 20

Duterte visits Rolly-ravaged Albay town as typhoon deaths hit 20

Jamaine Punzalan,

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