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The death toll from severe tropical storm Nalgae, which unleashed floods and set off landslides in s

Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 47 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a deluge of rainwater, mud, rocks and trees, officials said Saturday.

Admittedly disheartened by the destruction caused by Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” and of the heavy work of recovery ahead, Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday, Oct. 29, assured Filipinos that the government is on top of the situation, and is ready to provide “immediate assistance.” Vice Pre

A government disaster agency said that the bulk of the fatalities were in Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines, with 67 deaths.

DAVAO CITY – Sixty-seven persons have been killed by severe tropical storm “Paeng” (international name “Nalgae”) in Maguindanao, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-Rapid Emergency Action and Disaster Incidence (BARMM-READi) said. FLOOD survivors hunker down in a gymnasium in Dat

Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 47 people dead. As many as 60 villagers in a southern province are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide, officials said.

Landslides and flooding killed at least 42 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday.

Tropical storm Nalgae wreaks havoc in the southern Philippines and will soon lash Manila.

47 dead, dozens feared missing as ‘Paeng’ lashes Philippines

The death toll from severe tropical storm Nalgae, which unleashed floods and set off landslides in several parts of the Philippines, has climbed to 72, a spokesperson for a government disaster agency said on Saturday.National Disaster Risk ...