BAGGAO, Cagayan — Corn farmer Jacinto Pagallaman, 54, wondered why more than 24 hours after Typhoon “Ompong” ripped the roof off his house at Barangay San Jose here, no government agency had reached his town. Ompong (international name: Mangkhut), the world’s most powerful typhoon so far this year, made landfall in this town at dawn on Saturday. Struck by a second strong typhoon in a span of two years, Cagayan folk displayed disaster preparedness and resilience on Saturday. Its force seemed endless,” said 85-year-old Reginaldo Centeno, who had to flee his house at Barangay Pagbangkeroan on a bank of the Cagayan River. On Sunday, they started to rebuild their house, with her husband going to the town center to buy nails and plywood.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 23:15 UTC