Typhoon Doksuri: Locals run for cover as mudslide crashes down hillside in Philippines
  • 9 months ago
This is the dramatic moment residents ran or their lives when a mudslide crashed down a hillside weakened from Super Typhoon Doksuri in the Philippines.Footage shows debris tumbling towards a shed and parked cars in Mankayan village, Benguet province on July 26 morning. Residents fled to safety as the avalanche buried a vehicle and covered a road in the region, where at least 45 people have been killed and thousands displaced.Onlooker Gerry Bestoca said farming equipment and cars were damaged from the landslide.He said: 'A lot of our possessions and homes have been destroyed.' The typhoon, known as Egay in the Philippines, battered the country but weakened slightly overnight, losing its super typhoon status on July 26. It battered the country with gale-force winds and heavy rain, killing at least 30, the country's national disaster agency said.It touched down in Aparri Town, Cagayan province in the northern part of the country some 360 miles from the capital Manila at 3:10 am on July 26, state weather agency PAGASA said. Chinese media said Doksuri has landed in Jinjiang City in China's southeastern Fujian province on Friday morning. It is expected to gradually weaken while moving northwest.
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