The Philippines are now under a state of calamity on Friday by the President Gloria Arroyo, people are terrified fled their homes as a powerful typhoon threatened to unleash more carnage following a deadly floods.
The government warned that Parma would tear down houses in and around Aurora, bringing more heavy rains to the nation. Manila still recovering from Saturday's Ondoy floods. The rains from Parma threatened to worsen the already squalid conditions and further hamper relief operations to those survivor in the recent flood.
Other parts of Manila and nearby regions still remain under water with mud, debris and trash blocking drains, while other parts still in chest-deep water on the outskirt of Manila.
Weather forecaster said that Parma will hit Aurora on Saturday morning with wind gust of 230 kph and could even strengthen with the more time, these gust is strong enough to destroy houses, the people in nearby Provinces are preparing the coming of Parma as what they already experience in the past like typhoon harurot.
The PAGASA said that pepeng (parma) had a strength and with a maximum winds of 195 kph and gustiness of 230 kph. is a disastrous winds, was spotted 440 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar and moving west northwest at 24 kph.
The water level at Laguna de Bay is set to break its 90 year record, threatening to submerge more areas in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in flood waters. As of Thursday the lake is 14 meters deep half a meter away from the bay's highest recorded level of 14.5 meters in 1919.
A five crocodiles escaped from Coral Agri Venture Crocodile Farm holding pens in Teresa, Rizal province at the height of the storm on the evening of September 25, but were immediately recaptured along the farm's perimeter fences.
The farm has 9,000 crocodiles at 3-hectare farm, the farm harvested crocodile meat, an exotic food, and skin for belts, hand bag and other accessories.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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