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Obama-appointed judge says she wants body cameras for federal agents amid Chicago anti-ICE clashes

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A federal judge reportedly said she wants federal agents in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after a series of violent clashes with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crowds.

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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, said images of the clashes on TV left her a «little startled» as the Trump administration continues its illegal immigration crackdown.

«The field director is going to explain to me why I am seeing images of tear gas being deployed and reading reports that there were no warnings given out in the field,» Ellis said in court this week, according to The New York Times.

Last week, Ellis ordered ICE agents to wear badges and banned them from using certain riot control tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists. ICE agents have reportedly used tear gas and taken other measures as tensions between the immigration enforcement officers and the public escalate.

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People hold signs as they march during a demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the planned deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

«I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports where I’m having concerns about my order being followed,» Ellis said.

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«I’m having concerns about my order being followed,» the judge added this week, according to The Associated Press.

«I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,» Ellis said, referring to the government’s name for the crackdown.

Justice Department attorney Sean Skedzielewski laid blame on «one-sided and selectively edited media reports,» according to the AP. He also said it wouldn’t be possible to distribute cameras immediately.

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«I understand that. I would not be expecting agents to wear body-worn cameras they do not have,» Ellis said, adding that the details could be worked out later.

She said the field director of the enforcement effort must appear in court Monday.

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Police clash with demonstrators during a protest outside an immigrant processing and detention center on Oct. 3, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., a Chicago suburb, has been the site of several chaotic clashes between federal law enforcement and protesters.

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Following a different federal judge’s order, an eight-foot fence surrounding the facility was taken down Tuesday, FOX 32 Chicago. The fence was reportedly put up late last month and caused tension between federal and local officials. The Broadview Fire Department reportedly informed DHS that the fence was built without permission on a public street, which is under the village’s jurisdiction, according to FOX 32.

Also on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that two illegal immigrants were in custody after ramming their vehicle into a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago during an immigration enforcement operation. This led to a clash with protesters.

The illegal immigrants were identified as Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez, both of whom are from Venezuela. A senior DHS source told Fox News that the two rammed into a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene.

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«This morning, while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, a vehicle, driven by an illegal alien rammed a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene,» a DHS spokesperson said. «Border Patrol pursued the vehicle and was eventually able to stop it utilizing an authorized precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver. Once the vehicle was stopped, the suspects, who are both illegal aliens, attempted to flee on foot. As Border Patrol arrested the subjects and attempted to secure the scene, a crowd began to form and eventually turned hostile and eventually crowd control measures were used.»

During the clash with protesters that followed the incident, federal officers deployed tear gas, exposing 13 Chicago police officers on the scene to the riot control agent.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at the office of The Center for American Progress on March 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Several Democrats, including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, have pushed back on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. President Donald Trump recently called for Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be arrested for failing to protect federal ICE agents.

«I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?» Pritzker said in reaction to Trump on Oct. 8. «We must all stand up and speak out.»

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Fox News Digital contacted Ellis’ office, which acknowledged the judge’s courtroom statements but noted an official order has not yet been issued regarding requiring federal agents to wear body cameras. 

The White House declined to comment, saying it would need the full order to do so.

DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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La melatonina, ¿puede causar insuficiencia cardíaca?

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Esta semana, una serie de publicaciones advirtieron sobre los riesgos potenciales de tomar melatonina, el suplemento para dormir, diciendo que una nueva investigación la había relacionado con un aumento del 90 por ciento en los casos de insuficiencia cardiaca.

La investigación procede de un estudio inédito que se presentará la semana que viene en la conferencia científica de la Asociación Americana del Corazón en Nueva Orleans. Pero los expertos en el sueño afirman que no es posible extraer conclusiones sobre la melatonina a partir de esos resultados, y señalan algunas limitaciones importantes del estudio –que no ha sido revisado por pares expertos–, entre ellas el hecho de que no probaba la relación causa-efecto.

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Una explicación más probable de los resultados, según los expertos, es que el insomnio en sí –o un trastorno de salud que puede causarlo, como la apnea del sueño no diagnosticada– podría ser el culpable. En ese caso, la melatonina sería un “espectador inocente”, dijo Sujay Kansagra, médico del sueño de Duke Health, quien no participó en el estudio.

El estudio, dijo, “me dejó con muchas más preguntas que respuestas”.

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Los hallazgos del estudio

Los investigadores analizaron los historiales médicos internacionales de más de 130.000 adultos con insomnio, a quienes clasificaron en dos grupos:

  • el primero incluyó a quienes tomaron suplementos de melatonina durante al menos un año
  • el segundo, a quienes no tenían constancia de haber tomado melatonina.

Los investigadores, dirigidos por Ekenedilichukwu Nnadi, médico residente jefe de atención primaria y medicina interna de la Universidad de Ciencias de la Salud SUNY Downstate de Brooklyn, analizaron a continuación el riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca –que se produce cuando el corazón no puede bombear suficiente sangre para proporcionar oxígeno a los órganos del cuerpo– en el transcurso de cinco años.

Dormir según tu reloj biológico mejora la productividad, la memoria y el bienestar emocional. (Foto: Adobe Stock)

El riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca fue del 4,6 por ciento para quienes estaban en el grupo de la melatonina, frente al 2,7 por ciento de quienes no tenían constancia de tomar melatonina. Dicho de otro modo: las personas que tomaban melatonina, sugería el estudio, tenían un riesgo un 90 por ciento mayor de sufrir insuficiencia cardiaca. También tenían más de 3,5 veces más probabilidades de ser hospitalizados por insuficiencia cardiaca y el doble de probabilidades de morir por cualquier causa.

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Nnadi dijo que era lógico que estas cifras llamaran la atención, dado que la melatonina es uno de los somníferos más utilizados.

Pero, en su opinión, algunos de los titulares que sugieren que la melatonina por sí misma causaba insuficiencia cardiaca son “un poco más alarmantes de lo que realmente apoyan los datos”.

“Lo que encontramos fue solo una asociación, no una prueba de causalidad”, dijo. “Esa distinción puede perderse fácilmente en la traducción”.

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Cuáles fueron las limitaciones del estudio

Uno de los principales inconvenientes del estudio es que solo contó a las personas con recetas documentadas de melatonina. En el Reino Unido y varios países de la Unión Europea, para obtener melatonina es necesaria una receta, pero en Estados Unidos y algunos otros países, cualquiera puede comprar suplementos de melatonina sin receta, sin consultar a un médico.

Esto significa que algunos de los participantes del grupo sin melatonina del estudio pueden haber estado tomando también suplementos, aunque no conste en sus historiales médicos. Esto enturbia la comparación, dijo Andrew McHill, científico del sueño y el ritmo circadiano de la Universidad de Salud y Ciencia de Oregón.

También faltaba información sobre la dosis de melatonina y la gravedad del insomnio, dijo Phyllis Zee, médica del sueño e investigadora de Northwestern Medicine, que no participó en el estudio. Ambos factores podrían afectar a los riesgos cardiacos. Kansagra también señaló que el riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca era bastante bajo en ambos grupos.

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Akinbolaji Akingbola, especialista en medicina del sueño de la Universidad de Minnesota, quien tampoco participó en el estudio, dijo que, para saber si la melatonina aumenta el riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca, los investigadores tendrían que realizar ensayos controlados aleatorizados en los que se asignara a las personas a recibir suplementos de melatonina o placebos.

Nnadi reconoció la necesidad de realizar más estudios. Uno de sus objetivos al realizar el estudio, dijo, era suscitar más investigaciones sobre suplementos de venta libre como la melatonina.

Dijo que tiene previsto presentar el trabajo para su revisión y publicación a principios de 2026.

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Qué conclusiones se pueden sacar de los hallazgos

El estudio tiene demasiadas limitaciones para determinar si la melatonina aumenta el riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca o incluso si afecta al corazón.

Aun así, los expertos coinciden en que es un buen recordatorio de lo poco que sabemos sobre la seguridad de los suplementos. Los suplementos de melatonina pueden imitar una hormona que el cuerpo produce de forma natural, pero eso no significa que estén exentos de riesgos para la salud, dijo Zee.

Tomar melatonina puede ayudarte a adaptarte a una nueva zona horaria o a cambiar tu horario de sueño, dijo McHill. Pero la mayoría de los expertos del sueño coinciden en que la melatonina no es una solución eficaz contra el insomnio. La hormona actúa indicando al cerebro que se acerca la hora de acostarse, no induciendo directamente el sueño. En muchos estudios, no es más eficaz que un placebo.

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“El problema es que siempre estamos buscando una receta mágica que nos ayude a dormir mejor”, dijo. Pero las estrategias que realmente funcionan –como la terapia cognitivo-conductual para el insomnio, establecer rutinas de sueño saludables y evitar la cafeína y el alcohol antes de acostarse– requieren mucho más trabajo que tragarse una gomita.

(*) Caroline Hopkins Legaspi es una reportera del Times que se enfoca en la nutrición y el sueño.

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Socialist wave spreads coast to coast as progressive Democrats rally around Zohran Mamdani’s NYC win

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New York Democrats embraced socialism when they elected Zohran Mamdani to lead the nation’s largest city, but the verdict is still out on whether New York City’s shift to the left is an outlier or the beginning of a broader political realignment.

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From California’s redistricting success to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats dominated the most closely watched contests of 2025 — results that could be considered a referendum on President Donald Trump’s sweeping, second-term agenda.

As Mamdani rises to political fame, a slate of fellow progressives are vying to ensure that his victory signals the beginning of a new era in progressive politics.

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New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani and Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh have emerged as rising stars in the Democratic Party.  (Reuters/Bing Guan; Reuters/Jim Vondruska)

Aftyn Behn

Aftyn Behn, a former healthcare community organizer and current Democrat state representative, recently secured the Democratic nomination to represent Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.

The Dickson County Democratic Party described Behn as «our very own AOC of TN,» referring to «Squad» member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., according to The Tennessee Star.

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Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn speaks to members of the audience before the start of a Democratic Party forum for candidates running for the 7th Congressional District special election at the Fairview Recreation Center in Fairview on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Alan Poizner-For The Tennessean / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

On her campaign website, Behn describes herself as a «pissed-off social worker» who was inspired to run for the House of Representatives after Congress passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year.

Behn is running in Tennessee’s special election on Dec. 2 to replace Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., who retired from Congress earlier this year.

Kat Abughazaleh

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, is the progressive Gen Z candidate running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District next year.

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She was indicted on federal charges in October after protesters allegedly attacked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle outside a Chicago suburb facility in September.

Viral videos of Abughazaleh obstructing the ICE vehicle and being shoved to the ground by an agent outside the Broadview ICE facility on Sept. 19 became flash points in the divisive debate over Trump’s deportation rollout.

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Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh holds a megaphone outside the Broadview ICE processing facility on Sept. 26, 2025. (Reuters/Jim Vondruska)

Abughazaleh is a former journalist and activist who frequents protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

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She has accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of perpetrating «crimes against humanity.»

Abughazaleh garnered national attention earlier this year for questioning why it’s controversial that illegal immigrants should have access to taxpayer-funded healthcare.

«I don’t have health insurance, and I’m running for Congress,» the young progressive’s campaign website reads.

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Saikat Chakrabarti

Saikat Chakrabarti arrived on the political scene during the rise of the «Squad,» running Ocasio-Cortez’s successful 2018 congressional campaign and then serving as her chief of staff.

The progressive met Ocasio-Cortez when he launched «Justice Democrats,» a political action committee committed to recruiting a new generation of leaders.

Now, Chakrabarti has become the generational candidate himself. Earlier this year, he announced his campaign to challenge House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi for her congressional district in San Francisco.

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On Thursday, Pelosi announced her intention to retire from Congress at the end of next year, teeing up an already competitive Democratic primary expected with state Sen. Scott Wiener also in the race to replace Pelosi. 

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Saikat Chakrabarti attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, July 15, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Chakrabarti said it was time for «totally new leadership» in Washington, D.C.

His policy platform includes a long list of progressive promises, including Medicare for All, a wealth tax on the ultra-rich, millions of units of housing, a ban on congressional stock trading and an end to military funding to Israel.

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During a phone interview, Chakrabarti told Fox News Digital that his main focus is fixing the «underlying economic anxieties that most Americans are facing» — the same «plan for bold, sweeping economic change» that landed Trump back in the White House last year and was successful for Mamdani this year. 

Chakrabarti said a new generation of candidates, like himself, have been inspired to run since witnessing «the complete failure of the Democratic political establishment.»

«I think the people are feeling that the Democratic Party, the establishment, is just sort of weak and slow moving and unable to face the moment,» he added.

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Chakrabarti’s first campaign commitment, according to his website, is to stop Trump’s «authoritarian coup.»

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Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference on Monday, July 15, 2019, as her former chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, follows.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The congressional candidate described Trump’s ICE-led deportation rollout as «a flagrant violation of our constitutional rights and the freedom of speech and everything we hold dear in this country.»

When asked if the party is moving to the left in response to Trump’s second term, he said, «It’s not really a left versus right thing.»

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«I think people are looking for real solutions to the problems. People are looking for a change to the system, and I don’t think Donald Trump is doing it, but that’s what Donald Trump articulated in his campaign.»

Overall, Chakrabarti said voters are «very sick and tired of corruption» and the «old guard» that he described as only looking out for themselves, rather than their constituents.

Chakrabarti congratulated Mamdani’s win in a social media post on Tuesday, telling his followers that Mamdani won because he stood for «real, bold change.»

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«That’s what we’re doing here in San Francisco,» Chakrabarti said, comparing his own campaign to Mamdani’s.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is one of several progressive candidates vying for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat next year.

«Abdul literally wrote the book on Medicare for All,» according to his campaign website. He wrote «Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,» explaining how the U.S. healthcare system can provide affordable care to all Americans.

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El-Sayed led Detroit’s Health Department after its bankruptcy and restructured Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services. In 2020, he helped President Joe Biden craft policies to help lower prescription drug prices.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a coronavirus public health roundtable in Romulus, Michigan, on Monday, March 9, 2020.  (Erin Kirkland/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He believes in abolishing medical debt and that students deserve debt-free and tuition-free two-year apprenticeship programs or a four-year college education.

Abdul El-Sayed celebrated Mamdani’s success on social media this week, when he wrote, «Yesterday, voters reminded us how big America can be.»

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Graham Platner

Graham Platner is challenging Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in 2026. He is a Marine and a U.S. Army veteran and an oyster farmer.

On Nov. 4, he said he would not be mourning the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Graham Platner, a Senate candidate from Maine, speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. (Sophie Park/Getty Images)

«As a veteran of the Iraq war, I am going to say: No, not this time.»

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Between 2020 and 2021, Platner posted and has since deleted Reddit posts calling himself a «communist,» which he recently said he was «joking» about.

Platner has faced calls for him to drop out of the Senate race, and a top campaign staffer resigned after he faced backlash for photos revealing that he had a tattoo resembling the Totenkopf used by Hitler’s SS paramilitary forces.

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According to his website, among his campaign promises, Platner supports Medicare for All and «a clear-eyed condemnation of the Gaza genocide.»

Fox News Digital reached out to Behn, Abughazaleh and Platner for comment but did not immediately receive responses. 

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.

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Casi un millón de personas fueron evacuadas en Filipinas ante la llegada del supertifón Fung-wong con vientos de 230 km/h

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La llegada del súper tifón Fung-wong obligó a evacuar a unas 916.863 personas el domingo en Filipinas, según informó Rafaelito Alejandro, subdirector de la Defensa Civil. Al aproximarse el ciclón tropical, las aguas comenzaron a ascender en la costa este, poniendo en alerta al país apenas días después de que el tifón Kalmaegi dejara a su paso al menos 140 fallecidos y severos estragos en el centro del archipiélago.

Fung-wong se desplaza hacia el oeste con vientos sostenidos de 185 km/h y ráfagas de hasta 230 km/h, de acuerdo con el servicio meteorológico estatal. En la mañana del domingo, la isla de Catanduanes, ubicada en la trayectoria directa del tifón, experimentó fuertes rachas de viento, lluvias intensas y zonas anegadas.

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Una iglesia en Virac, Catanduanes, ya fue alcanzada por el agua y dejó la entrada del templo religioso completamente mojada. Muchos habitantes reforzaron sus viviendas y aseguraron techos ante la inminente llegada del fenómeno.

“En este momento se siente el impacto del tifón, especialmente en Catanduanes, porque el ojo de la tormenta está más cerca de allí“, afirmó el Alejandro en conferencia de prensa.

En la provincia de Aurora, donde se prevé que Fung-wong toque tierra la noche del domingo o en la madrugada del lunes, equipos de emergencia recorrieron los hogares instando a la evacuación hacia zonas elevadas.

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Una mujer alimenta a niños en un centro de evacuación mientras se preparan para el supertifón Fung-Wong, Manila (REUTERS/Lisa Marie David)

El meteorólogo gubernamental Benison Estareja advirtió que el tifón podría descargar 200 mm o más de lluvia, lo que aumenta el riesgo de importantes inundaciones. Hasta el momento, en la isla principal de Luzón —incluida la capital, Manilase suspendieron las clases y cerraron dependencias públicas, mientras que unos 300 vuelos fueron cancelados como medida preventiva.

La emergencia se desencadena tras el paso reciente del tifón Kalmaegi, que ocasionó graves inundaciones en Cebú y dejó al menos 204 fallecidos en Filipinas la semana pasada, además de otras cinco víctimas mortales en Vietnam tras impactar ese territorio el viernes.

La agencia meteorológica nacional de Filipinas (PAGASA) decretó la señal de alerta número 5, la más alta del sistema, en el sureste de Luzón y el norte del país, abarcando especialmente las provincias de Catanduanes y las costas de Camarines Norte y Camarines Sur.

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Para la región metropolitana de Manila y zonas circundantes, las autoridades mantienen la alerta número 3, reflejando la gravedad y el alcance de la amenaza por el avance del súper tifón.

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Los residentes hacen fila para registrarse en un centro de evacuación mientras se preparan para el supertifón Fung-Wong (REUTERS/Lisa Marie David)

El secretario de Defensa de Filipinas, Gilberto Teodoro Jr., advirtió sobre el potencial impacto catastrófico del supertifón Fung-wong e informó que la tormenta podría afectar una amplia franja del país, incluyendo Cebú —la provincia central que resultó más dañada por el reciente paso del tifón Kalmaegi—, así como la zona metropolitana de Manila, capital densamente poblada y núcleo político y financiero filipino.

Teodoro Jr., quien dirige las agencias de respuesta ante desastres y las fuerzas armadas, llamó a extremar las precauciones ante la magnitud de la amenaza climática.

Además, instó a la población a obedecer las instrucciones oficiales y evacuar sin demora aquellas aldeas y comunidades expuestas a inundaciones repentinas, deslizamientos de tierra y marejadas ciclónicas: «Debemos hacerlo porque cuando ya está lloviendo o el tifón ha tocado tierra y han comenzado las inundaciones, es difícil rescatar a las personas».

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En Filipinas, la categoría de supertifón se utiliza para designar a los ciclones tropicales cuyos vientos sostenidos alcanzan o superan los 185 km/h (115 mph). Las autoridades locales adoptaron este término años atrás precisamente para destacar la gravedad y rapidez de reacción que exigen estos fenómenos meteorológicos especialmente peligrosos.

(Con información de AFP)



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