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Currents and swept away. Many places were hit by landslides. Flimsy houses were buried beneath tons of debris. The red cross is helping co ordinate the relief effort. Weve already provided water and hot food, and were going to be distributing non food items blankets, mosquito nets, and certainly hygiene kits for those who are in the evacuation centres so we can alleviate the suffering of many of the folks there. The philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons every year. This particular storm is not over yet. And as it passes over warm, tropical waters, its winds are set to grow again in stre...

Forced from their homes. The island of mindanao has been the worst hit area so far and a state of emergency has been declared in several locations there. The storm has now begun to travel west, hitting the popular resort islands of palawan. Andy moore reports. Clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. There was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. In a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. The authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave c...

More than 70,000 people have been forced from their homes. The island of mindanao has been the worst hit area so far and a state of emergency has been declared in several locations there. The storm has now begun to travel west, hitting the popular resort islands of palawan. Andy moore reports. Clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. There was little sign of official help here just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. In a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. The authorities said too many peopl...

After more than 180 people died in flash floods and landslides. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the conditions, which were triggered by a Tropical Storm. President Rodrigo Duterte is to visit communities, affected by Tropical Storm tembin later on sunday. The island of mindanao is the worst hit area so far and the storm is now battering the island of palawan. Sarah corker has the latest. In the raging floodwaters, rescue effo rts in the raging floodwaters, rescue efforts are frantic and dangerous. Roads are all these villages have the pull each other to safety. Storm tembin ...

And sir roger moore just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017 we remember. Thats in half an hour. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The un secretary general Antonio Guterres says he is saddened by the loss of life in the southern philippines, after 200 died in flash floods and landslides. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the conditions, which were triggered by Tropical Storm tembin. President Rodrigo Duterte will visit some of the communities affected later on sunday. The island of mindanao is the worst hit area so far and th...