{"id":39992,"date":"2021-12-22T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T03:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/22\/philippine-surfing-paradise-siargao-wiped-out-by-typhoon-just-as-tourists-return"},"modified":"2021-12-22T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T03:44:40","slug":"philippine-surfing-paradise-siargao-wiped-out-by-typhoon-just-as-tourists-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=39992","title":{"rendered":"Philippine surfing paradise Siargao wiped out by typhoon just as tourists return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Super Typhoon Rai destroyed the popular tourist island, that was about to welcome visitors again after domestic Covid restrictions eased<\/p>\n<p>Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them out.<\/p>\n<p>The strongest storm to hit the archipelago this year cut a swathe through Siargao, a tropical paradise known for its sandy beaches, big waves and relaxed vibe.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/22\/philippine-surfing-paradise-siargao-wiped-out-by-typhoon-just-as-tourists-return\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Typhoon Rai destroyed the popular tourist island, that was about to welcome visitors again after domestic Covid restrictions easedResort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas hol&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,55,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-philippines","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39993,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions\/39993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}