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Tue, January 26, 2021 | 06:19
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Christmas typhoon leaves 28 dead, 12 missing in Philippines
크리스마스에 필리핀을 강타한 태풍으로 28명 사망, 12명 실종
Posted : 2019-12-29 03:56
Updated : 2019-12-29 03:56
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A handout photo made available by the Office of Civil Defense Region VI (OCD-VI) shows an aerial shot during a Civil Defense officials' inspection in the typhoon-hit province of Capiz, Philippines, 26 December 2019. /EPA
A handout photo made available by the Office of Civil Defense Region VI (OCD-VI) shows an aerial shot during a Civil Defense officials' inspection in the typhoon-hit province of Capiz, Philippines, 26 December 2019. /EPA
A handout photo made available by the Office of Civil Defense Region VI (OCD-VI) shows an aerial shot during a Civil Defense officials' inspection in the typhoon-hit province of Capiz, Philippines, 26 December 2019. /EPA
A house destroyed at the height of Typhoon Phanfone is seen in Balasan town in Iloilo province on December 26, 2019. - Typhoon Phanfone swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas day claimed at least 16 lives, authorities said on on December 26. /AFP
[코리아타임스 외신 읽기]


MANILA, Philippines -- A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

필리핀 중부 지방을 강타한 강력한 태풍이 최소 28명의 사망자와 12명의 실종자를 남겼고, 수천명의 이재민을 발생시키며 로마 가톨릭이 지배하고 있는 나라 필리핀의 크리스마스 행사를 파괴해버렸다.


Typhoon Phanfone stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel, set off landslides, flooded low-lying villages, destroyed houses, downed trees and electrical poles and knocked out power in entire provinces. One disaster response officer described the battered coastal town of Batad in Iloilo province as a ''ghost town'' on Christmas Day.

태풍 판폰은 휴가 시즌이 절정일 때 바다와 공항의 많은 사람들을 고립시켰고, 산사태를 부르고 저지대 마을을 침수시켰으며, 주택·나무·전봇대를 파괴시켜 마을 전체의 정전 사태를 일으켰다. 한 재난 대응 담당관은 크리스마스 날에 태풍이 강타한 필리핀 일로일로주의 바타드 해안 마을을 '유령 도시'로 묘사했다.


''You can't see anybody because there was a total blackout, you can't hear anything. The town looked like a ghost town,'' Cindy Ferrer of the regional Office of the Civil Defense said by phone.

'완전한 정전으로 아무도 볼 수 없고 아무 소리도 들리지 않는 상황이다. 마을은 유령도시처럼 보였다"라고 재난 대응 담당자 신디 페러가 전화로 말했다.


The storm weakened as it blew into the South China Sea with sustained winds of 120 kilometers (74 miles) per hour and gusts of 150 kph (93 mph), after lashing island after island with fierce winds and pounding rain on Christmas Day, the weather agency said.

태풍은 남중국해로 시속 120km의 강풍을 동반하고 돌풍은 시속 150km의 강풍을 동반하며 약해졌다고 기상청은 밝혔다.


Most of the deaths reported by police and local officials were due to drowning, falling trees and accidental electrocution.

경찰과 현지 관계자에 의해 보고된 바에 의하면 사망자 대부분은 익사, 쓰러진 나무, 우발적인 감전사고로 인해 사망했다.


A father, his three children and another relative were among those missing in hard-hit Iloilo province after a swollen river inundated their shanty.

불어난 강물이 판잣집을 침수시키며 큰 피해를 입은 일로일로주에서 실종된 사람들 중에는 한 아버지와 세 자녀 그리고 친척도 있었다.


The typhoon slammed into Eastern Samar province on Christmas Eve and then plowed across the archipelago's central region on Christmas, slamming into seven coastal towns and island provinces without losing power.


태풍은 크리스마스 이브에 동부 사마르 주를 강타한 뒤 약해지지 않은 채로 크리스마스 당일 필리핀 중부를 지나가며 7개의 해안 도시와 섬 지역을 강타했다.


Provincial officials, army troops, police and volunteers spent Christmas away from home to tend to thousands of displaced residents in town gymnasiums and schools turned into emergency shelters. Many more people spent Christmas Eve, traditionally a time for family reunions, in bus terminals.

지역 공무원, 군대, 경찰, 자원봉사자들은 응급 대피소로 변신한 마을 체육관과 학교에 있는 많은 수의 수재민을 보살피기 위해 크리스마스를 반납했다.더 많은 사람들이 전통적인 가족 모임 시즌인 크리스마스 이브를 버스 터미널에서 보냈다.


More than 25,000 people were stranded in sea ports across the central region and outlying provinces after the coast guard prohibited ferries and cargo ships from venturing into dangerously choppy waters. Dozens of international and domestic flights to and from the region were canceled, including to popular beach and surfing resorts.

해안 경비대가 여객선과 화물선이 위험할 정도로 거친 바다로 들어가는 것을 금지하자 2만 5천명이 넘는 사람들이 필리핀 중부 전역 및 지방 항구에 발이 묶였다. 인기 해변과 서핑 리조트를 오가는 수십 편의 국제선 및 국내선 항공편이 결항되기도 했다.


About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippines each year. The Southeast Asian nation is also located in the Pacific ''Ring of Fire,'' where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions often occur, making the country of more than 100 million people one of the world's most disaster prone.

매년 약 20개의 태풍과 폭풍이 필리핀을 강타한다. 이 동남아 국가는 또한 지진과 화산 폭발이 자주 발생하는 태평양 '불의 고리'에 위치해 있어, 1억 명이 넘는 사람들이 사는 필리핀을 세계에서 가장 재난을 많이 겪는 나라 중 하나로 만든다.


Phanfone, a Laotian word for animal, traveled along a path similar to that of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most ferocious storms on record, which left more than 7,300 people dead and missing, flattened entire villages, swept ships inland and displaced more than 5 million people in the central Philippines in 2013. (AP)

라오스어로 동물을 뜻하는 '판폰'은 지난 2013년 필리핀 중부를 강타해 7300여명의 사망자와 실종자를 야기했을 뿐만 아니라 마을 전체를 초토화시키고 선박을 휩쓸어 5백만 명이 넘는 이재민을 발생시킨 초강력 태풍 하이얀과 비슷한 경로를 지났다.


KEY WORDS
■ inundate 침수시키다
■ shanty 팟잣집, (선원들이 일하며 부르는) 뱃노래
■ tend 돌보다, 보살피다
■ flatten 납작하게 하다, 깨부수다
■ ferocious 흉포한, 맹렬한, 격렬한
A handout photo made available by the Office of Civil Defense Region VI (OCD-VI) shows an aerial shot during a Civil Defense officials' inspection in the typhoon-hit province of Capiz, Philippines, 26 December 2019. /EPA
Residents wade through a flooded highway, caused by heavy rains due to typhoon Phanfone, in Ormoc City, Leyte province in central Philippines on December 25, 2019. - Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on December 25, bringing a wet, miserable and terrifying holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation. /AFP
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