Super Typhoon kills one in Philippines, tens of thousands flee; Covid-19 issue sprouts free food pantries in country

This April, 19, 2021 satellite image released NASA shows typhoon Surigae over Philippines. The approaching typhoon has prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 people as a precaution in the Philippines, although the unusual summer storm is not expected to blow into land. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System. - AP

MANILA, April 19 (Bloomberg): At least one person was killed and tens of thousands fled their homes as Super Typhoon Surigae made a close approach to the Philippines’ eastern provinces.

A 79-year-old male was declared dead on arrival at a hospital after suffering severe head injury caused by a fallen coconut tree in Leyte province in central Philippines, the disaster risk-reduction agency said in an April 18 report.