The Philippines is cleaning up after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit over the weekend, killing at least eight. Severe flooding is affecting some northern regions.
Super Typhoon Man-yi left behind severe flooding in several regions
Super Typhoon Man-yi wreaked havoc across the Philippine archipelago over the weekend with high winds and massive downpours that caused landslides and storm surges.
At least eight people were killed, including an entire family of seven who died after a landslide buried their home in a northern provincial town in Nueva Vizcaya, officials said.
Hundreds of houses in the northern Philippines were inundated on Monday after water released from a dam following Typhoon Man-yi caused a major river to overflow.
Ilagan City in Isabela province was one of the places worst hit by the flooding, along with Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province..
Isabela province has been badly affected by floodingImage: VILLAMOR VISAYA/AFP/Getty Images
Farmlands and villages in Nueva Ecija province in northern Luzon, which is known for its rice production, were also flooded.
“If Magat Dam continues to release water on all of its seven gates, Ilagan city might get erased from the map due to flooding,” Jun Montereal, chairman of the city’s disaster preparedness committee, told AFP news agency.
He estimated that 500 houses had been inundated.
Water was released from the dam to prevent its potential collapse, which would have caused even greater destruction, officials said
