Five people were killed while thousands were affected as Typhoon Ineng (international name Goni) ravaged northern Luzon on Friday.
The typhoon's eye did not make landfall over the Cordilleras in northern Luzon but its heavy rains and strong winds left five people dead in the region.
Among the casualties were Erwin Celo, 26 years old, Markim Celo, 21 and a 10-year old boy, who were killed in a landslide, according to local authorities.
Almost the entire city of Baguio lost power and electricity was still being restored as of Friday night.
A large part of Benguet and Mt. Province also lost power due to damaged transmission lines.
Rains persisted for about 27 hours in Baguio City and left Burnham Park inundated.
Strong winds also uprooted trees in the city. A taxi and a truck were pinned down by uprooted trees. Drivers and passengers of the vehicles were injured.
Authorities have closed down Kennon Road due to landslides. Motorists are advised to take Marcos highway instead.
More than 20 roads were closed in the entire Cordillera region.
Typhoon Ineng was packing maximum sustained winds of 170 kilometers per hour near the center with gusts of 205 kph as of Friday.
As of 9 p.m., the eye of the typhoon was located at 110 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan.
According to state weather bureau PAGASA, Typhoon Ineng was stationary Friday night before it will change direction and head to the southern islands of Japan.
The Batanes group of islands and northern Cagayan, including Babuyan group of islands and Calayan group of islands, remained under signal number 3.
Public storm signal number 2 was up over the rest of Cagayan, northern Isabela, Kalinga, Apayao, Abra and Ilocos Norte. The rest of Isabela, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Benguet, La Union and Ilocos Sur were under signal number 1.
The typhoon continued to intensify monsoon rains (habagat) in Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and western Visayas.
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