NSTworld: The typhoon crumpled houses like accordions, toppled trees and blacked out cities in the Philippines’ most storm-prone region. TyphoonPhanfone
Tens of thousands were stranded at shuttered ports or evacuation centres at the height of the festive season on Wednesday, and residents cowered in rain-soaked homes as Phanfone leapt from one small island to another for the second day.
Though weaker, Phanfone was tracking a similar path as Super Typhoon Haiyan – the country’s deadliest cyclone on record which left more than 7,300 people dead or missing in 2013. With just two hours’ sleep, the family returned to their home in Tacloban city Wednesday to find their two dogs safe, but the floor was covered in mud and a felled tree rested atop a nearby house.
The typhoon hit land as millions of Filipinos trooped to once-yearly clan reunions centred on the “noche buena“, a sumptuous midnight meal that is the highlight of the Catholic nation’s holidays. “They were safer at the evacuation centres. At least they were able to eat the Christmas Eve meal there, even if only tinned fish and instant noodles were available,” Cabaron said.
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