ARTICLE: Typhoon Koppu has weakened after blowing ashore in the north-easternPhilippines, but not before it left at least two people dead, displaced 16,000 villagers and knocked out power in entire provinces, officials said.
Troops and police officers were deployed to rescue residents trapped in flooded villages in the provinces of Aurora, where the typhoon made landfall early on Sunday, and Nueva Ecija, where floodwaters swamped rice farmlands during harvest.
After slamming into the town of Casiguran after midnight on Saturday, the typhoon weakened and slowed down, hemmed in by the Sierra Madre mountain range and a high pressure area in the country’s north, and another typhoon far out in the Pacific, said Gladys Saludes of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Howling winds knocked down trees and electricity posts, leaving nine provinces without power, while floods and small landslides made 25 roads and bridges impassable. Authorities suspended dozens of flights and sea voyages, and many schools cancelled Monday classes.
SUMMARY: The Philippines, a large series of Asian islands, suffered from their annual typhoons. This one in particular, Koppu, was very strong and displaced people as well as killed a few. Many people were trapped in villages due to floodwaters and crops were ruined due to the extra rainfall. The typhoon weakened as it passed over a high pressure area near a mountain range.
LINK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/18/philippines-typhoon-koppu-weakens-after-fatalities
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