New storm threatens Philippines in wake of Trami, which left 90 dead
A new tropical storm entered the Philippines on Sunday as emergency teams rushed more relief supplies to over 5 million people affected by severe tropical storm Trami, which left 90 people dead, the national disaster agency said. Thirty-six people were reported missing, and over 560,000 were forced to flee their homes as Trami’s heavy rains triggered widespread floods and massive landslides in the Philippines. “The death toll is increasing fast because reports are now coming in,” said Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, executive director of the national disaster agency. Most of the victims died from landslides and floods in province of Batangas and the eastern...
Storm leaves more than 120 dead in the Philippines
Flooding and landslides in the Philippines have killed more than 120 people after Tropical Cyclone Trami tore through the archipelagic Pacific nation, displacing almost one million people across Luzon, the Visayas, and northern Mindanao. Trami, the deadliest and most destructive storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation this year, made...