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A resident tries to salvage belongings from his blown-up roof house in Santa Ana town, Cagayan province, north of Manila on November 8, 2024, following Typhoon Yinxing hitting the province. John Dimain, AFP 

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731041340235AFP__20241108__36LP9NC__v1__HighRes__PhilippinesWeatherTyphoon.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A resident tries to salvage belongings from his blown-up roof house in Santa Ana town, Cagayan province, north of Manila on November 8, 2024, following Typhoon Yinxing hitting the province. John Dimain, AFP "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted" style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">A resident tries to salvage belongings from his blown-up roof house in Santa Ana town, Cagayan province, north of Manila on November 8, 2024, following Typhoon Yinxing hitting the province. <em>John Dimain, AFP </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br/></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">But while nearly 30,000 people took cover in government-run facilities in the days and hours before <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Marce </span>made landfall, there were no reported casualties from the typhoon, which came just two weeks after a major storm killed more than 150.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/4/philippines-marks-day-of-national-mourning-for-kristine-victims-1041">Philippines marks Day of National Mourning for Kristine victims</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Marce&#x27;s 175 kilometers per hour winds knocked down power lines, tore trees from the ground and shattered windows as it slammed into the country&#x27;s north coast on Thursday, the national weather agency, residents and rescuers said.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Officials reported 242.6 millimeters (0.80 ft) of rain dumped in a 24-hour window.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">&quot;Many trees were uprooted. There was also soil erosion in some areas. We are lucky they were not full-blown landslides,&quot; said Cagayan province disaster chief Rueli Rapsing, whose agency has so far reported no casualties.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/7/bagyong-marce-nag-landfall-na-sa-sta-ana-cagayan-1951">Bagyong Marce nag-landfall na sa Sta. Ana, Cagayan</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">In the province&#x27;s Pamplona municipality, strong winds sent roofs flying through the air and residents scrambling for shelter.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">&quot;The fierce wind that we experienced last night was the strongest I&#x27;ve ever felt and seen in this town,&quot; 35-year-old resident Patrick Maquiraya told AFP by phone.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">&quot;The roof of the house that was being constructed in front of our home suddenly went flying.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/8/typhoon-marce-brings-violent-wind-rain-to-northern-philippines-1047">Marce brings violent wind, rain to northern Philippines</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Maquiraya said friends who sought shelter at a gymnasium had to relocate to a nearby church after strong winds shattered the building&#x27;s glass windows.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">A live video seen by AFP on Thursday showed fierce winds blowing merchandise from store shelves in Santa Ana town, where the typhoon made landfall.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">As of 8 am Friday, Typhoon <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Marce</span>&#x27;s center was estimated to be northwest of Laoag city and moving out across the South China Sea, according to the state weather agency.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Rapsing, the Cagayan disaster chief, said power lines were being restored as the province shifted into cleanup mode, with police, firemen and rescuers using excavators and other equipment to clear major roads.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Marce</span> is the third storm in less than a month to threaten the Philippines after Severe Tropical Storm Kristine and Super Typhoon Leon together left 158 people dead, the national disaster agency said, with most of that tally attributed to Trami.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/7/marce-weakens-another-lpa-to-enter-par-628">Marce weakens, another LPA to enter PAR</a></div><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year, damaging homes and infrastructure and killing dozens of people.</p><p style="-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">A recent study showed that storms in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Marce blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter.</p>

Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Marce blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter.

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