TYPHOON Conson blew out of the Philippines yesterday after killing at least 37 people, plunging the main northern island into darkness and leaving the new president fuming over forecasters' failure to predict that the storm would slam into the capital Manila.

Emergency crews restored electricity to Manila and nearby provinces on Luzon Island as normalcy crept back.

Flights resumed and schools reopened yesterday.

Authorities continued the search for 26 missing fishermen and started to repair the damage caused by the year's first major typhoon.

Conson left the Philippines for the South China Sea with sustained winds of about 85 kilometers per hour, government weather forecaster Gener Quiplong said.

Conson, which has now weakened into a tropical storm, is forecast to make another landfall along he Chinese-Vietnamese border today.

Newly elected Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, in a nationally televised emergency meeting yesterday, scolded the weather bureau for failing to predict that Conson would hit Manila, which left government agencies unprepared for the onslaught.

• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)
• failure [´feiljə] n.失败；衰竭；破产 (初中英语单词)
• missing [´misiŋ] a.缺掉的；失踪的 (初中英语单词)
• repair [ri´peə] v.&n.修理，修补 (初中英语单词)
• bureau [´bjuərəu] n.局；编辑部；事务所 (初中英语单词)
• philippines [´filipi:nz] n.菲律宾 (高中英语单词)
• predict [pri´dikt] v.预言；预告；预示 (高中英语单词)
• emergency [i´mə:dʒənsi] n.事变；紧急关头 (高中英语单词)
• electricity [i,lek´trisiti] n.电；电学；电流 (高中英语单词)
• tropical [´trɔpikəl] a.热带地区的 (高中英语单词)
• forecast [´fɔ:kɑ:st] vt.&n.预测；预报 (英语六级单词)