Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour tearing roofs off houses and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. The storm has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013 the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Adam hancock reports. Christmas was far from peaceful in the central philippines. Typhoon phanfone has bought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres per hour and made a nine volt several times gcioss and made a nine volt several times across a number of islands. The trail of destruction it because it is now becoming clear. Fishing trawlers tossed on the beach and seaside towns left devastated. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded, more than 16,000 people had to spend christmas night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. The rescu
And 2019 saw the hottest month on record. In half an hour on bbc news weather world looks back at some of the most significant meteorological events of the year. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour tearing roofs off houses and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. The storm has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013, the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. Typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour, terrifying local people. Woman screams. And leaving a trail of destruction. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded. More than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. The typhoon, which has damaged infrastructure, stopp
Of the central philippines. Only today is there a sense of the damage caused. As buildings were reduced to rubble, 16,000 people were moved to shelters. Thousands more were stranded as they tried to get home for christmas. Coastal villages have been devastated. The typhoon was so powerful, large boats were overturned. The philippines is no stranger to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 arriving each year. The most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. Today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. Not only that, many filipinos are still missing. James waterhouse, bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holiday maker and his two children who drowned in a Swimming Pool on christmas eve. Gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. Police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. Em
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