Topan Doksuri Akibatkan 13 Orang Die Di Filipina

ILLUSTRATION/UNSPLASH/Alexey Demidov

JAKARTA - Topan Doksuri killed 13 people and affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the Philippines, also triggering a massive evacuation in China on Friday (28/7).

According to the Philippine National Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Board, 13 people were killed while another 500 thousand were affected in Southeast Asia.

A total of 42 thousand people were displaced due to the bad weather situation caused by strong winds and rain carried by the storm, which also injured 12 people in the country, according to the daily Phil Star.

Meanwhile, storms also hit southwest China on the same day.

"Doksuri seems to be the strongest storm to hit southern Fujian since 2017, forcing residents to evacuate and close businesses and schools," the Xinhua news agency reported as quoted by ANTARA.

The impact of strong winds and heavy rains was felt by 724,600 people, including 45 thousand people, including being moved to a safe place and causing economic losses of 52.27 million yuan (around Rp110.2 billion).

Typhoons receiving red warnings or the worst-hit level from the National Meteorological Center caused strong winds and heavy rains in Fujian province as it hit the coastal area of Jinjiang city, according to Chinese media news CGTN.

This is the fifth typhoon to hit China in 2023 and is expected to move towards the northwest of the country.