Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi approaches the Philippines

Before Typhoon Kalmaegi’s anticipated landfall, thousands of people have been given the order to evacuate eastern Philippine coastal regions.

The storm’s center was expected to come ashore on Monday, according to forecasters, who have warned of torrential rains, storm surges of up to 3 meters (10 feet) and wind gusts of up to 150 km/h (93mph).

More than 70, 000 people were instructed to relocate to evacuation centers or buildings that were deemed strong enough to withstand the impact of the typhoon in the coastal towns of Guiuan and Salcedo on Samar Island and Mercedes in Camarines Norte province. In the east-central region, authorities also forbade fishermen from sailing out of the country.

Guiuan or nearby municipalities are expected to receive the storm’s approach.

Typhoons don’t happen frequently in Guiuan. One of the strongest tropical cyclones ever to strike the Philippines hit the country severely in November 2013. More than 7,300 people were killed or missing as a result of the storm, which also displaced more than 4 million people.

Climate change is being influenced by humans.

Central island provinces will be hit first on Tuesday when Kalmaegi is forecast to travel west overnight. Cebu, for example, is recovering from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in September.

Scientists are predicting that the Philippines’ population is growing more powerful as a result of human-driven climate change, which affects about 20 typhoons and storms each year.

In the island nation’s southeast, Super Typhoon Ragasa, which toppled trees, damaged buildings, and killed 14 people in neighboring Taiwan, caused a major storm to hit the island in September.