MANILA, Sept 2 — Floods and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippines for a second day, officials said today. Tropical...
MANILA, Sept 2 — Floods and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippines for a second day, officials said today.
As a precaution, schools and government offices across the capital Manila were shut for the day, while ferry services in affected areas were suspended and 29 domestic flights cancelled due to the weather. The Bicol city of Naga was also hard-hit, with a man electrocuted as floodwaters rose and a baby girl drowning, rescuers said.
Two landslides killed two people and damaged five houses in the central city of Cebu on Sunday, the local disaster office there toldYagi tore northwards off the coast of Luzon on Monday afternoon with sustained winds of 85 kilometres an hour, up from 75 kilometres an hour earlier in the day, the state weather service said in an updated bulletin.
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