Police and firemen cut an uprooted tree blocking a road in Santa Ana, in Cagayan province on July 26, 2023, hours after Typhoon Doksuri hit the town. - AFP
MANILA (AFP): A powerful storm hit the northern Philippines on Wednesday (July 26), toppling trees, knocking out power and dumping heavy rain as thousands sheltered with neighbours or in emergency evacuation centres.
Typhoon Doksuri was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 175km (109 miles) an hour as it hovered over waters around Fuga Island, off the northern tip of the main island of Luzon, the state weather agency said in its latest update at 0000 GMT.
