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January 2, 2017 ASIA / PACIFIC Typhoon kills six people, spoils Christmas festivities in Philippines THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 5 THE 21ST ANNUAL JAPANESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION MOCHITSUKI SUNDAY • JANUARY 29 • 11 AM – 4 PM Enjoy taiko drumming, mochi-pounding, and delicious Japanese food! Fun for the whole family! By Bullit Marquez The Associated Press ADVANCED TICKETS: $4-$10 Buy online with no service fees at www.boxofficetickets.com B ATANGAS, The Philippines — A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philip- pines after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at home to reach emergency shelters and other safer grounds. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power to five entire provinces due to toppled electric posts and trees, dimming Christmas revelries in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. More than 300 flights were delayed or rescheduled and ferries were barred from sailing, stranding more than 12,000 holiday travellers. Six people died from drowning or by being pinned by fallen trees, poles, and a collapsed concrete wall in the provinces of Quezon and Albay, southeast of Manila, after the ty- phoon made landfall in Catanduanes province, officials said. Many military camps and outposts in Catanduanes and outlying prov- inces were damaged and some troops were injured, the military said. Nock-Ten, locally known as Nina, then blew westward across moun- tainous and island provinces, damaging homes, uprooting trees, and knocking down communications. After weakening on landfall, the typhoon had sustained winds of up to 74 miles per hour (mph) and gusts of 111 mph when it blew into the South China Sea after battering the congested provinces of Batangas and Cavite, south of Manila, government forecasters said. 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(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) The storm was one of the strongest 150,000 villagers were displaced by to hit the Philippines since Typhoon the typhoon, declared a “state of Haiyan left more than 7,300 people calamity” to allow faster disburse- dead or missing and displaced more ment of emergency funds. than 5 million in 2014. But officials in About 20 typhoons and storms lash some provinces found it difficult to the Philippines each year. In the past convince people to abandon their 65 years, seven typhoons have struck Christmas celebrations and head for the country on Christmas Day, ac- shelters before the storm hit. Some cording to the government’s weather officials said they had to impose agency. forced evacuations. Tens of thousands of villagers, “Some residents just refused to forced to spend Christmas in crowded leave their homes even when I and powerless emergency shelters, warned them that you can face what returned home the next day to deal amounts to a death penalty,” Cedric with the damage. Daep, a top disaster-response official “They left the evacuation centers in Albay, said by phone. and we’re seeing the sun again,” Ann Shopping malls and stores were Ongjoco, mayor of the town of ordered to close early on Christmas Guinobatan in Albay, one of five Day to encourage people to remain provinces that lost electricity, said by indoors, “but at the height of the phone. typhoon, many cars were still being More than 17,600 villagers fled to driven around and people were out shelters in schools. “Many houses walking,” Daep said. “We warned made of light materials were them enough, but we just can’t destroyed,” she said. control their mind.” Associated Press writer Jim Gomez Officials in Albay, where more than in Manila contributed to this report. North China cities choked by smog shut factories & stopped cars Introducing a non-reading class “Speak Mandarin Now!” featuring an online textbook and taught by a PRC-trained teacher. 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Dozens of cities closed schools and took other emergency measures after the “red alert” was issued for much of northern China. “The smog has serious repercus- sions on the lungs and the respiratory system, and it also influences the health of future generations, so under a red alert, it is safer to stay at home rather than go to school,” said Li Jingren, a 15-year-old high school student in Beijing. Authorities in the northern province of Hebei ordered coal and cement plants to temporarily shut down or reduce production. Else- where, hospitals prepared teams of doctors to handle an expected surge in cases of pollution-related illnesses. China’s air pollution is blamed on its reliance on coal and emissions from older cars. “If you are tracking back to the first RED ALERT. People, some wearing masks for protection against air pollution, walk on a pedes- trian overhead bridge in Beijing while the Chinese capital is shrouded by heavy smog. Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories to cut down on pollution during a national “red alert.” More than 700 compa- nies stopped production in Beijing, state media reported. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) News websites said the number of day of this episode, you can see that the layer of the smog (in Beijing) is children taken to Beijing hospitals moving slowly from the south to the with breathing trouble soared. urban area in Beijing and then to the Photos showed waiting rooms north,” said Dong Liansai, a climate crowded with parents carrying campaigner with Greenpeace in children who wore face masks. Beijing. “You can easily find the large Members of the public closely deployment (of smog) in the regions watch levels of PM2.5, particles south of Beijing.” measuring 2.5 microns across that Dong said emissions from factories are easily inhaled and damage lung in nearby provinces were the main tissue. cause of the smog choking the capital. Red is the highest level on the The smog had earlier grounded four-tier system prescribing actions flights in some cities and closed taken to reduce the smog. highways due to low visibility. Continued on page 13 Sc ho o lwide O pe n Ho use : Ja n 24, 6- 8pm Cha t with Alumni Nig ht: Ma r 21, 6- 7:30pm p e rso na l to urs a lso a va ila b le • La ng ua g e Imme rsio n in Sp a nish, Ja p a ne se , o r C hine se • Inq uiry-b a se d , Inte rna tio na l Ba c c a la ure a te PYP Wo rld Sc ho o l • Exp e rie nc e d , G lo b a l Fa c ulty Pre K-5th intlsc ho o l.o rg 503-226-2496
