In photos: Typhoon Rosita (Yutu) leaves trail of destruction in Northern Luzon

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One of the many damaged buildings in Santiago, Isabela after the onslaught of typhoon Rosita (Yutu) (Eagle News Service)
One of the many scenes of destruction in Santiago, Isabela after the onslaught of typhoon Rosita on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 (Eagle News Service)

 

One of the many scenes of destruction in Santiago, Isabela after the onslaught of typhoon Rosita on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 (Eagle News Service)
One of the many scenes of destruction in Santiago, Isabela after the onslaught of typhoon Rosita on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 (Eagle News Service)
Disaster response teams clear the roads which were filled with debris, including trees felled by typhoon Rosita’s strong winds in Pangasinan. Photo courtesy Nora DOminguez, Eagle News Service)

(Eagle News) – Typhoon Rosita, with international name Yutu, pummeled Luzon, with the northern part, at the receiving end of most of its wrath as the typhoon made landfall in Isabela and exited La Union Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction.

Entire roofs were ripped off. Trees were felled like matchsticks. Steel structures were bent and warped  Signboards were blown over. And even gasoline stations were no match to the strong winds with gusts of more than 200 kilometers per hour that shook very foundations.

 

Even the posts holding the roof of this gasoline station were no match against the strong winds of typhoon Rosita when it made landfall in Isabela province on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Eagle News Service)
Commercial signages came tumbling down as typhoon Rosita’s strong winds pummeled Isabela where it made landfall on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Eagle News Service)
Signages of commercial establishments were destroyed after typhoon Rosita’s onslaught in Isabela where it made landfall on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Eagle News Service)

Photos showed the scenes of destruction in the typhoon’s path as it moved west after making landfall in Isabela.  Even commercial establishments were heavily damaged after Rosita barreled through the region.

 

After the strong winds, were the strong rains that inundated Kalinga and Mountain province.

The municipality of Tanudan in Kalinga province was affected by floods due to typhoon Rosita’s strong rains. (Eagle News Service)
Situation in Barlig, Mt. Province after typhoon Rosita hit the area. (Eagle News Service)

The force of Rosita also caused landslides in the North, and carved out portions of Kennon Road in Benguet.

A portion of Kennon Road which gave in due to the onslaught of typhoon Rosita on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Eagle News Service)

As of 8 p.m., PAGASA said that typhoon Rosita has further weakened and is now downgraded into a severe tropical storm as it continues to move towards the West Philippine Sea.  Its maximum sustained winds were down to 110 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 135 kph.  (Eagle News Service)