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PHILIPPINES <strong>Storm death toll climbs to 59</strong> The death toll from landslides and floods rose to 59 yesterday, official figures showed, as rescuers dug up more bodies with bare hands and backhoes in villages crushed by rain-induced avalanches. Most of the deaths from Tropical Storm Megi — the strongest to hit the island nation this year — were in the central province of Leyte, where a series of landslides devastated communities. Rescuers used boats to reach survivors in Pilar, a village of about 400 people in Abuyog municipality, where a torrent of mud and earth on ...

The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 67 with scores missing and feared dead, officials said, as rescuers dug up more bodies with bare hands and backhoes in crushed villages.