Former Super Typhoon Koppu, known as Lando in the Philippines, was downgraded to a remnant area of low pressure Wednesday morning (Oct. 21) as it drifted over that country's small northernmost islands. Koppu drenched the country's main northern island of Luzon with as much as 43 inches of rain during its slow, meandering journey across the country.
Dozens of deaths were blamed on Koppu, and thousands of people were displaced.
Among the hardest-hit areas were the eastern coastal towns of Baler and Casiguran, where significant building damage was reported. Koppu made landfall in Casiguran early Sunday, Oct. 18.
Some of the most widespread flooding was reported in the province of Nueva Ecija, including the inland city of Cabanatuan, about 60 miles north of Manila. The Associated Press reported that some villagers in the province were trapped in their homes and on rooftops.
The area around Baguio City was also hit hard, as expected, by extremely heavy rainfall that caused several deadly mudslides.
Power outages were reported province-wide during the height of the storm in Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Apayao, and Kalinga, according to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The outages affected an estimated 9 million people, or nearly one-tenth of the entire population of the Philippines.
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