Two dead, hundreds flee floods in Philippine storm | The Malaysian Insight
Copy URL The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons every year, which typically wipe out harvests, homes and infrastructure in already impoverished areas. – EPA pic, December 19, 2020. AT least two people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their inundated homes in the Philippines as torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in the storm-battered archipelago, officials said today. Huge waves smashed into a coastal village on Lapu-Lapu island in the central province of Cebu last night, wiping out dozens of houses and leaving around 290 people homeless, May...