typhoon vamco has caused extensive
damage in the philippines
flooding many parts of luzon the largest
to most populated island
the storm known locally as ulysses made
landfall in the bicol region
the same area was battered by this super
typhungoni just a week ago
howard johnson reports from manila
typhoon vamco
is the 21st cyclone to hit the
philippines
this year and the most deadly it made
landfall
on wednesday but we're only beginning to
see the full extent of its devastation
it comes two weeks after
typhoon ghani hit the philippines
hitting the bikol region but what we're
seeing at the moment
is the province of kagyan being hit
particularly badly the magat dam there
has been opened up to simply let out all
of the water that's been collected
in the water basin there it's been
overwhelmed by a lot of water a lot of
rain has been dumped on the philippines
on the main island of luzon which is the
most populous
island and although this storm may not
have packed
as higher winds as ghani it certainly
brought more rain and
at the moment one official has described
the kagyan province
like the pacific ocean so lots of search
and rescue efforts are going on there
the
united nations children's fund are
appealing for money to support
the thousands of children in need of
help at the moment we've seen
on social media families on the roofs of
their homes trying to avoid the rising
water levels and there are issues
reporting this story
as well because of the kovite 19
pandemic
and lockdown issues any reporter who
wants to travel
from manila to go to the kagiyan
province has to quarantine for 14 days
so reporters are asking
for that to be waived to allow them to
do their work
our correspondent in the philippines
howard johnson with that report