A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month.
Houses damaged by Typhoon Man-yi in Viga, Catanduanes province, northeastern Philippines Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.
"We need tin roofs and other construction materials, aside from food. Villagers tell us here that they still haven’t gotten up from the past storm and were pinned down again by this typhoon,” Monterola said. Nearly half of the island province’s 80,000 people were sheltering in evacuation centres. The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year. It’s often hit by earthquakes and has more than a dozen active volcanoes, making it one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the government, without anyone in Parliament casting a vote.Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Centenarian Mary McEachern says she knew what her husband wanted when he died. The problem is, his will says otherwise.Working on a military truck, within the logistics squadron of CFB Kingston, Private Charlotte Schnubb is elbows deep into an engine with a huge smile on her face.Storm Sara neared landfall in Belize on Sunday, where forecasters expect heavy rain to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides.
When a Tesla crashed on Lakeshore Boulevard in Toronto last month, the first people on scene knew there were occupants inside but couldn't immediately get them out.Almost four out of five Canadian drivers switch to winter tires when the weather calls for them, according to a new survey.'A little piece of history': Winnipeg homeowner finds 80-year-old letters hidden in walls
The city released preliminary findings of an investigation into the failure of the Bearspaw South feeder main late Friday afternoon suggesting that there were a number of factors behind its failure.A single-vehicle collision that happened in the early hours of Sunday morning has left five people with "very serious" injurie, according to paramedics.
The Saint John Santa Claus Parade drew thousands of residents to uptown Saint John hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus.Tom Forrestall, a celebrated Nova Scotia artist remembered for pioneering the Atlantic realism tradition, died at the age of 88 on Friday.
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