Four September Storms Batter Farms, Fields Across Philippines, Vietnam, and South China
Four storms — Typhoons Ragasa (Nando) and Bualoi (Opong) and Tropical Storm Mitag (Mirasol) in the Philippine Sea, and Typhoon Tapah (Lannie) in the South China Sea — swept through the region in September, damaging rice, corn, coconut, and strawberry crops, as well as fish and livestock farms, while disrupting supply chains and transport routes, said Demelza Knight, Weather and Crop Researcher at Expana.
Knight highlighted that Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest of the storms, formed in the Philippine Sea on September 18
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