Manila: Eleven fishermen were feared dead in southern Luzon as Tropical Storm Juaning neared 100 kilometre northeast off southern Luzon's Camarines Norte, on the country's eastern seaboard, weathermen and disaster management officials said yesterday.
Sixteen flights from Manila to southern Luzon and central Philippines and vice-versa were also cancelled due to the bad weather. Heavy rains flooded major roads in Metro Manila and elementary and high schools were closed after lunch as a precautionary measure.
Rescuers found a fisherman Ronnie Tablante alive on Monday afternoon off Caramoran town in Catanduanes. The 38 year old is now recuperating in a local hospital, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday.
However, rescuers failed to find the other missing fishermen, six from Samar, central Philippines, and five from Bicol in southern Luzon, NDRRMC said
Sixteen domestic flights of Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines, and Zest Air were cancelled at the airports of Metro Manila's Pasay City, Bicol Region and the Visayas.
Although Juaning is hovering over the Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) raised storm signal number two on four southern Luzon provinces and signal number one on Metro Manila and 27 central and northern Luzon provinces.
Local officials in all the affected areas have warned residents to evacuate to higher places and not to venture out to the sea.
Alert signals were specifically sent to areas with storm signal number one because they were expected to be inundated with heavy rain and could suffer dangerous landslides as Juaning was expected to pass Camarines Norte and nearer Aurora in southern Luzon last night.
It was expected to make a landfall on northern Luzon's Dagupan City this morning and on Laoag City tomorrow before moving to the South China Sea either on Friday or Saturday, Pagasa added.
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