Aquino confident in typhoon response

TOKYO—President Benigno Aquino III said he’s confident that disaster management authorities in the Philippines are adequately responding to flooding from a typhoon that has submerged many areas of Metro Manila.

Aquino said he believes that power will be restored to most of the Philippine capital by Tuesday afternoon.

Aquino was in Japan for a four-day state visit.

At least seven people have been killed by Typhoon Pedring (international codename: Nesat), the worst storm to hit the Asian nation since a 2009 cyclone killed nearly 500 people.

Aquino told The Associated Press that “it’s a fact of life” that the country is visited by 23 typhoons every year on average.