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WORLD NEWS Monday 2 noveMber 2020
Powerful typhoon lashes Philippines, killing at least 10

By JIM GOMEZ and feared that the typhoon
JOEAL CALUPITAN could wreak major dam-
Associated Press age due to its enormous
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — force. The Philippine weath-
A super typhoon blew into er agency reinforced those
the eastern Philippines with concerns, saying that
disastrous force Sunday, kill- within 12 hours after the
ing at least 10 people and typhoon's landfall, people
triggering volcanic mud- could face "catastrophic,
flows that engulfed about violent winds and intense to
150 houses before weak- torrential rainfall." Residents
ening as it blew away from were warned of possible
the country, officials said. landslides, massive flood-
Typhoon Goni blasted into ing, storm surges of up to 5
the eastern island prov- meters (16 feet) and pow-
ince of Catanduanes at erful winds that can blow
dawn from the Pacific with away shanties. But after
sustained winds of 225 kilo- hitting a mountain range
meters (140 miles) per hour and repeatedly slamming
and gusts of 280 kph (174 into coastal provinces, the
mph), threatening some An All-Terrain Vehicle is toppled by strong winds and floods from Typhoon Goni as it hits Daraga, typhoon gradually weak-
provinces still recovering Albay province, central Philippines, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Associated Press ened, although it remained
from a deadly typhoon potentially deadly as it
that hit a week ago. a father and son. Villag- ing that the boy was swept batan residents were miss- blew out into the South Chi-
Goni barreled through ers fled to safety as the ty- away by mudflows and ing, but it was not imme- na Sea, forecasters said.
densely populated regions phoon approached, but found in the next town. diately clear if they were One of the most powerful
and threatened to side- the two apparently stayed He did not say whether from the mudflow-hit com- typhoons in the world this
swipe Manila, which shut put in the community in there were any other resi- munity. year, Goni evoked memo-
down its main airport, but Guinobatan town where dents trapped by the ram- The other deaths in Albay ries of Typhoon Haiyan,
shifted southward Sunday about 150 houses were in- paging mudflows in the included a villager who which left more than 7,300
night and spared the capi- undated by volcanic mud- community and added was pinned by a fallen people dead or missing,
tal, the government weath- flow. that downed communi- tree. One person was killed flattened entire villages,
er agency said. "The child was found 15 ki- cations made it hard for in Catanduanes province. swept ships inland and dis-
At least nine people were lometers (9 miles) away," people to communicate. Ricardo Jalad, who heads placed more than 5 million
killed in the hard-hit prov- Albay Gov. Al Francis Bich- The Office of Civil Defense the government's disaster- in the central Philippines in
ince of Albay, including ara told DZMM radio, add- reported that three Guino- response agency, had November 2013.q

Sword-wielding man arrested after Halloween deaths in Quebec

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — A pect's motive was personal taken to a hospital. "Some
man dressed in medieval and not terrorism. have very significant lac-
clothing and armed with "Last night we were thrust erations but we do not fear
a Japanese sword was ar- into a night of horror when for their lives," Pigeon said.
rested Sunday on suspicion a 24-year-old man who Steve Jolicoeur, a free-
of killing two people and does not live in Quebec lance photographer, said
wounding five others on City came here with the the deceased male had
Halloween near the historic clear intention of taking as his throat slit. Jolicoeur said
Château Frontenac hotel many victims as possible," another person was cut on
in Quebec City. Pigeon said. the shoulder while another
The attack on random- Pigeon said the suspect, was cut on the head and
ly chosen victims went who was from the Montreal hand.
on for nearly 2 1/2 hours area, had no criminal re- He said he witnessed the
while police pursued the cord, but that "in a medi- arrest of the suspect, who
man armed with a katana cal context" over five years threw his sword in the air.
throughout the city's down- ago, he had shared his in- "He seemed confused,"
town core on foot, Quebec tention to commit this type Jolicoeur said. "He was in A K-9 unit police officer walks near the site of a stabbing in
Police Chief Robert Pigeon of act. He said the investi- black clothes, like a ninja." Quebec City, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020.
said. gation continued. Police were searching his Associated Press
Quebec's prosecutor's of- Police were first notified of car and residence. He was ter a night of horror. Words a lockdown weekend. No
fice said Carl Girouard, 24, the stabbings near the Na- due to make a video court fail me to describe such a one should be out on the
faces two counts of first- tional Assembly shortly be- appearance later Sunday tragedy. I offer my condo- streets," Godoy said. "And
degree murder and five fore 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Quebec City Mayor Regis lences to the families of the I'm in an extremely quiet
counts of attempted mur- and warned people to re- Labeaume said Canada victims," Quebec Premier neighborhood because
der. Girouard appeared main indoors as they hunt- needs to have a debate Francois Legault tweeted. there are no tourists nowa-
before a judge via video- ed for the attacker. about how to deal with Carlos Godoy, who lives days."
conference Sunday and The two people killed were mental illness. He said the in the area, said police The area around the Cha-
the next hearing in the identified as 56-year-old attack has shaken the city, K-9 units had searched his teau Frontenac, the tower-
case is expected to be on Francois Duchesne and which is still recovering from backyard as they hunted ing landmark of the walled
Thursday 61-year-old Suzanne Cler- a shooting at a mosque in for the suspect. old city, is usually bustling
Police said their initial infor- mont. 2017 that killed six people. "It's a full moon, it's October with tourists in normal
mation indicated the sus- The five injured victims were "Quebec is waking up af- 31st. It's Halloween, and it's times.z