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2022.10.31 08:20 GMT+8

Rescuers search for bodies as Philippines storm death toll hits 101

Updated 2022.10.31 21:01 GMT+8
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An aerial view of a flooded village in Tuguegarao, Cagayan Province, the Philippines, October 30, 2022. /CFP

Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101. 

Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday. Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country. 

The national disaster agency has recorded 66 people still missing and scores of others injured.

Source(s): AFP
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