Hurricanes have now begun to wreak havoc in the Philippines battling the Covid-19 epidemic. About 5 people died here due to Hurricane Ambo, while around one lakh people were displaced. According to the Star Newspaper, thousands of people are forced to live in worse conditions in the camps due to the storm, rather than following the physical distance rules regarding the novel coronavirus epidemic.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that the storm is now weakening and it will leave the country by Monday. Part of the annual system was known as Tropical Storm Wongfong. Due to this, there was a storm in the country on Thursday in which the wind speed was 80 mph. Due to this, there was a lot of damage, electric poles were demolished.
Many such storms have caused havoc in the Philippines. In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan killed 6,300 people and caused a loss of $ 3 billion here. Due to the storm, a warning was issued here and people were being taken to safe camps and relief packages have also been announced. Avoidance of pandemics and physical distance has given importance to prevention from the first storm.
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PAGASA has issued a warning of heavy rains and has also issued warnings regarding floods. There is a greater danger in the Luzon region. There was a lot of rain on Friday due to this storm. There are 4,434,653 total infected cases worldwide due to Covid-19 out of which 302,169 people have died. In the Philippines only, by the evening of May 16, the figure of infection reached 12,305, of which 817 people have died. The data was released by the World Health Organization on May 16 around 7 pm.
