Typhoon Nesat is clearing the Philippines and moving west to the South China Sea, but Tropical Storm Nalgae is on its way ? with seawalls still damaged and many villages still underwater.
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The Philippines, an archipelago nation described as a “welcome mat” for typhoons, is preparing for another direct hit less than two days after Typhoon Nesat flooded the capital of Manila and much of the island of Luzon, affecting more than 300,000 Filipinos.
Nesat has cleared the Philippines, and authorities have mobilized recovery crews. But Tropical Storm Nalgae is expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours, CNN reports. At least 21 people were left dead and 33 people are still missing in Nesat’s wake, while some 79,000 people received assistance at evacuation shelters.
Power, knocked out by flooding and high winds, is gradually being restored throughout Manila and across the island of Luzon.
While the water, waist-deep in some spots, is receding, low-lying agricultural areas across Luzon are still largely underwater, the Associated Press reports. In Manila, the capital city, workers are scrambling to plug holes in overwhelmed seawalls with sandbags before the tropical storm makes landfall and potentially sends waves crashing inland once again.
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