Typhoon Update

[Autobeat]

sa estrella din sa edsa bumagsak yung billboard.. may nadale na FX.. patay yung driver..

This we saw a bit nga sa news.

Kanina sa may airport road corner roxas blvd. A Gen 1 CRV was cut in half when the big steel billboard construct fell on it. I think the driver or passengers who were inside did not make it.

Grabe, these are all so sad news.

[CaRGirL]

SLEX closed to traffic


By Joel Guinto
INQ7.net
Last updated 01:50pm (Mla time) 09/28/2006


THE SOUTH Luzon Expressway (SLEX) has been closed to traffic as fallen trees and debris littered the highway brought about by the heavy rains and strong winds of Typhoon Milenyo, Trade Secretary Peter Favila has said.

"The entire operations of SLEX has been paralyzed... Tollgates were destroyed," Favila told President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a teleconference Thursday at the National Disaster Coordinating Council in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

Largely affected was the northbound stretch of C-5 road, which cuts across several cities and municipalities in the metropolis, Favila said.

The Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC), which operates the SLEX, has sought the help of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DoTC) for repairs and cleanup, Favila said.

He said the MMDA was in charge of clearing operations along C-5.

Arroyo was originally set to preside over the meeting at Camp Aguinaldo but said she was heading back to Clark Field in Angeles City to supervise relief operations.

The former US air base is on the path of the typhoon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

[CaRGirL]

Falling billboard kills driver

Four hurt as wall collapses

By Thea Alberto
INQ7.net
Last updated 03:06pm (Mla time) 09/28/2006


(UPDATE) AT least one person was confirmed dead and several others wounded when a billboard fell on three cars and a passenger bus along the junction of Estrella and Edsa Avenue in Makati City as typhoon “Milenyo” (international codename: Xangsane) swept through Metro Manila around Thursday noon, a police official said.

In Muntinlupa City, at least four people were hurt when a wall collapsed onto two houses in Rizal-Poblacion.

GMA Network’s station dzBB identified the fatality as Felipe Gumapon, who was driving a Toyota FX. The billboard crushed the vehicle’s driver’s side.

Superintendent Napoleon Napoles, Makati chief of police, said the number of injuries has yet to be confirmed, although dzBB reported at least one, the driver of a Toyoto Revo.

The radio station said it took almost two hours to extract the body of the fatality from his vehicle.

Director Wilfredo Garcia, Philippine National Police operations chief, said the Muntinlupa incident happened around 1:10 p.m.

The victims have yet to be identified, he added.

[CaRGirL]

‘Milenyo’ on way out to South China Sea



INQ7.net
Last updated 06:05pm (Mla time) 09/28/2006


TROPICAL storm “Milenyo” (international codename: Xangsane) was over Bataan province and on its way out to the South China Sea late Thursday afternoon after lashing at Metro Manila and outlying provinces, the state weather bureau said.

As of 4 p.m. Thursday, Milenyo was tracked 100 kilometers west of Manila or 90 kilometers south southeast of Iba, Zambales, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center with gusts of up to 140 kph as it traveled west northwest at 22 kph.

Public storm warning signal number 3, meaning winds of from 100 to 185 kph, was raised over Bataan and southern Zambales.

Signal number 2, meaning winds of 60 to 100 kph, was up over Metro Manila, the rest of Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite and Lubang Island; while signal number 1, or winds of 30 to 60 kph, was over Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, southern Aurora, northern Quezon, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas and the Mindoro provinces.

Milenyo is predicted to be 510 kilometers northwest of Metro Manila or 390 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales, on Friday afternoon. On Saturday, it is expected to be 810 kilometers west northwest of Iba.

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‘Milenyo’ rips mall’s roof


By Edson C. Tandoc Jr.
Inquirer, INQ7.net
Last updated 02:39pm (Mla time) 09/28/2006


HUNDREDS of people, most sheltering from heavy rains, were asked to leave a mall in Mandaluyong City after strong winds brought by typhoon “Milenyo” on Thursday (international codename: Xangsane) ripped off translucent sheets from its roof.

The management of Robinson’s Galleria mall had decided to suspend operations Thursday noon. Despite this, people continued to flock to the mall seeking shelter from the strong rains.

In Fort Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, strong winds also blew off portions of the roof of the Market! Market! shopping mall, an eyewitness told INQ7.net.

The mall was shut down because of the incident.

[Elroi]

a bus entangled in a collapsed billboard...

[nugundam93]

if those pics don't force the removal of those huge azz billboards where traffic flow is the heaviest, i dunno what else will.

[Satio]

Aabangan ko sa MUB mamaya yyung tumabob na truck na nakuhanan daw ng video..dahil sa sobrang laks ng hangin.. (ang babaw ko.. hehehe)

[nugundam93]

ehehehe. maschedule nga break ko later to watch it as well. :lol:

[MXFX]

salamat sa reporting at pics nyo. macheck nga pamilya ko, di ko akalain ganoon katindi ang tama.