Typhoon Labuyo isolates northern AuroraAfter making landfall over Aurora before dawn Monday, Typhoon Labuyo (Utor) isolated the province's northern part by knocking out its communications and electricity.
Strong winds brought by Labuyo blew away roofs of houses and other structures including that of a local police station, radio dzBB's correspondent Ronald Leander reported.
Mobile phone networks bogged down as of 8 a.m. in northern Aurora, while the entire province was without power, the report added.
The province was briefly cut off from nearby Nueva Ecija after a landslide occurred at a road in Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija, though the road was passable as of 8 a.m.
Disaster management officials could not immediately get further information about the extent of the damage to Aurora due to the failure of communications there.
The only method of communication as of Monday morning was via two-way radio, the report said.
Initial information cited by the dzBB report indicated the Dinalungan covered court was washed away while the local police station's roof was blown away.
Many houses also had their roofs blown away, the report said. —KG, GMA News
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