At Least 75 Dead as Tropical Storm Batters Philippines
Dec 23, 2017, 05:32 PM
(ZAMBOANGA, Philippines) — A tropical storm in the southern Philippines unleashed flash floods that swept away people and houses and set off landslides, leaving at least 75 people dead and 58 others missing, officials said Saturday.
Most of the deaths from Tropical Storm Tembin were in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula, said Romina Marasigan of the government's disaster-response agency.