Typhoon Inday Strands 789 Passengers Across Philippine Ports

Typhoon Inday struck the Philippines on 9 July, halting ferries across six regions and leaving hundreds ashore.

The Philippine Coast Guard counted 789 passengers stranded in 58 ports by the morning of 10 July. Thirteen ferries and 33 motor bancas were stuck where they docked. A further 158 ferries and 145 bancas sheltered in nearby ports.

249 rolling cargoes could not move.

The storm hit hardest in Southern Tagalog. There, 236 passengers were stranded across 19 ports. Disruptions also ran through the Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

PAGASA tracked the system as Inday. Outside the Philippines, it is named Bavi. At least 10 people were killed and around 50,000 were affected across the country by 10 July.

Sailings would not resume until signal conditions allowed, the coast guard said.