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<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fcoastguardph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02xeVMdF4Wcf47UrkqfTG6GkzqDkLMoZDTnigM2guXzJfvqKy3J5XUKkRGPAKpMDtHl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>Tens of thousands took shelter in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday as powerful Typhoon Tino made landfall in a region hit by some of the country&#x27;s deadliest storms.</p><p>Cebu province alone reported over a hundred thousand individuals displaced as of Monday night.</p><p>“However, these are just those who reported to the Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office,” said Ainjeliz Dela Torre-Orong, Provincial Information Officer.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/11/4/1-reported-dead-nearly-60-000-individuals-affected-by-typhoon-tino-0842">1 reported dead, nearly 60,000 individuals affected by typhoon Tino</a></div><p>Several areas reported flooding and rescue of trapped residents, including those in Danao City, Lilo-an, Consolacion, Mandaue City, Cebu City and Talisay City.</p><p>“Many are already on their roofs,” Dela Torre-Orong said. </p><p>Tino has made three landfalls so far on Tuesday in Southern Leyte, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/11/4/typhoon-tino-wallops-cebu-signal-no-4-in-several-areas-0705">Cebu</a>, and Negros Occidental. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/11/4/tino-now-over-negros-occidental-11-areas-under-signal-4-0845">Tino now over Negros Occidental; 10 areas under signal 4</a></div><p>Just south of Leyte, in Dinagat Islands province, 34-year-old Miriam Vargas sat in the darkness with her two children after the storm knocked out their electricity.</p><p>&quot;As of now, there is strong rain and winds starting. We&#x27;re sitting on the stairs and praying while trying to gauge the typhoon&#x27;s strength,&quot; the single mother told AFP from Dinagat.</p><p>&quot;The wind is whistling and there are sounds of things falling. The electricity went out about an hour ago, and we cannot see anything.&quot;</p><p>Roel Montesa, a disaster official on Leyte Island, said earlier that evacuations were &quot;ongoing in Palo and Tanauan&quot;, naming two of the towns hardest hit by storm surges in 2013, when super typhoon Yolanda killed more than 6,000 people there.</p><p>Thousands of residents have also been evacuated since Sunday on neighboring Samar island, where 3-meter surges were predicted, according to civil defense official Randy Nicart.</p><p>&quot;Some local governments are resorting to forced evacuations,&quot; he said.</p><div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wBey-cL_x4c" title="Hagupit ni Tino: Mga sasakyan lubog sa baha sa Bacayan, Cebu City" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>MORE STORMS EXPECTED</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>As of 8 p.m. Monday, &quot;close to 156,000 individuals&quot; had been preemptively evacuated, Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator Rafaelito Alejandro told a press briefing.</p><p>The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, routinely striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.</p><p>With Tino, the archipelago country has already reached that average, state weather service specialist Charmaine Varilla told AFP, adding that at least &quot;three to five more&quot; storms could be expected by December&#x27;s end.</p><p>Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful due to human-driven climate change.</p><p>Varilla said that higher numbers of cyclones typically accompany La Nina, a naturally occurring climate pattern that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.</p><p>The Philippines was hit by two major storms in September, including super typhoon Nando, which toppled trees and tore the roofs off buildings, and killed 14 people in neighboring Taiwan.</p><div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Aema1PzysQM" title="Metro Manila, makakaranas ng kalat-kalat na pag-ulan dahil kay bagyong #TinoPH | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NP85QzlunLs" title="70,000 flee Tino in Surigao del Norte, some tourists trapped | DZMM Teleradyo" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>More than 150,000 people took shelter in coastal provinces of the Philippines as powerful Typhoon Tino made landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms.</p>

More than 150,000 people took shelter in coastal provinces of the Philippines as powerful Typhoon Tino made landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms.

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Tens of thousands shelter as typhoon Tino slams into Philippines

Cecil Morella; Agence France-Presse; Annie Perez

Published Nov 04, 2025 09:03 AM PHT

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