Friday, October 16, 2015
Typhoon Kappu
As you may be aware there is a tropical typhoon, Kappu, heading towards the Philippines. Our missionaries have been alerted to prepare for a storm. Their preparations will include but are not limited to preparing for possible flooding, checking their 72 hour kits, having emergency cash in small bills, and charging their cell phone. We have a line of communication in place.
The storm is expected to make landfall at about 2 AM our time on Sunday morning, October 18 at a category 4. It looks to change to a category 3 as it moves inland. The track of the storm right now has it entering at about the center point of our mission around Cauayan, and then traveling through the center northward. We expect wind, rain, flooding, and probable power outages. When the storm has passed and all missionaries are accounted for, we will let you know.
We use a site called Weather Underground to follow the tracking of the storm. I will post updates as possible on the FB page as well as the blog. Be aware that I won't be able to do that if we lose power.
Thank you for your prayers--for the missionaries and for the Filipino people. This is harvest time and there are many whose rice crops are not quite ready for harvesting. We are anxious for them.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Typhoon Update
Sunday Morning, 7 AM: The storm made landfall at about 2 AM in the coastal area of Dinadiawan/Baler at a category 4 and is now slowly making its way westward and then will turn north. It came in further south and is expected to be over the southern part of our mission today as a category 3. It is predicted to weaken as it turns northward over the next two days, but we still expect to continue to have heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and loss of power. The storm is very slow moving. I will post another update later today. Thank you for your prayers!
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Sunday Evening Typhoon Update
The typhoon came ashore north of Baler in the Auroroa Province about 2 AM on Sunday morning as a category 4 storm. Over 10,000 people were evacuated from the areas nearby. This is not a part of our mission, but we share boundaries here with the Angeles Mission. All of our missionaries that were in flood-prone areas were evacuated Saturday afternoon. The storm caused flooding, landslides and overflowing reservoirs.
All of our missionaries are safe and accounted for. The storm is moving slowly, but has decreased in intensity. We still expect periods of rain and flooding in places over the next 2-3 days before Lando officially exits the Philippines. There are still some power outages and there will be some clean-up, but we are grateful that the damage was very limited in our mission. Thank you again for your prayers!
All of our missionaries are safe and accounted for. The storm is moving slowly, but has decreased in intensity. We still expect periods of rain and flooding in places over the next 2-3 days before Lando officially exits the Philippines. There are still some power outages and there will be some clean-up, but we are grateful that the damage was very limited in our mission. Thank you again for your prayers!
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