At least 40 people have died in the Philippines and more than 525,000 have had to stay in evacuation centers after Typhoon Rammasun the north of the country have begun the rehabilitation of damage.
The Board of Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in the country warned that the figure could rise the next day after indicating that at least 4 people are missing and 17 injured.
Rammasun, who came to the Philippines with sustained winds of 140 mph and gusts up to 170, affected a total of more than 880,000 people and damaged more than 26,000 homes, of which 7,000 were completely destroyed.
Some 23 roads and 2 bridges remain cut and 115 schools in 12 different regions were damaged, although 54 of them have already returned to teach.
Meanwhile, the electric company Meralco said it expected tomorrow night has restored power around Manila, once they have fixed the flaws in the distribution network that left nearly 5 million households without electricity.
Although the capital did not suffer typhoon frontal impact that experts anticipated, various city streets were full of branches, fallen trees and other debris, the authorities began clearing shortly after the passage of the storm.
About 700 people are involved in cleaning the streets of Manila, and is expected to about 100 trucks of debris that obstruct the roads will be collected.
So far, the Philippine authorities estimate that the typhoon has caused damage to agriculture worth 2.300 billion pesos (39 million or $ 52 million) and 49 million pesos (about 835,000 euros or 1.1 million dollars) in infrastructure.
While the monsoon is expected to bring more rain to areas affected by Rammasun, meteorological services warned of the possible arrival in the region of a new tropical storm, so that the authorities have asked residents to take precautions.
The typhoon went through a total of 12 provinces in the northern half of the Philippines, of which a total of 4 remain under a state of calamity, which allows the government to control prices of basic necessities and zero interest loans to, among other measures.
Rammasun, named Glenda by the Philippine authorities, came to the country when still not recovered from the damage caused by Haiyan, who last November left behind 6,300 dead and 1,000 missing, plus nearly 28,700 wounded.
The Board of Management and Disaster Reduction said the damage caused by Rammasun "not even close" to the devastation caused Haiyan.
Filipino senators applauded the improved performance of the various emergency agencies and ministries before the arrival of Rammasun, which were widely criticized after the tragedy of Haiyan.
"The level of disaster preparedness has improved obviously, from weather forecasting, evacuation warnings to families at-risk areas," said Senator Loren Legarda today, chairman of the committee of climate change.
The typhoon made landfall about 500 kilometers in diameter, left the archipelago yesterday at noon and goes to northern Vietnam which is expected to arrive on Saturday.
The typhoon season in the Philippines, which usually begins in June and ends in November, every year attracts between 15 and 20 typhoons. EFE
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