The death toll from a tropical storm in the southern Philippines
climbed swiftly to 133 on Saturday, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies
from a swollen river, police said.
Tropical Storm Tembin has lashed the nation`s second-largest island of Mindanao since Friday Dec 22,2017, triggering flash floods and mudslides.
Police, soldiers and volunteers used shovels to dig through mud and debris as they searched for bodies in the village of Dalama on Saturday Dec 23,2017
Note
The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly. But Mindanao, home to 20 million people, is rarely hit.
The deadliest typhoon to hit the country was Haiyan, which killed thousands and destroyed entire towns in heavily populated areas of the central Philippines in November 2013.
Tropical Storm Tembin has lashed the nation`s second-largest island of Mindanao since Friday Dec 22,2017, triggering flash floods and mudslides.
Police, soldiers and volunteers used shovels to dig through mud and debris as they searched for bodies in the village of Dalama on Saturday Dec 23,2017
Note
The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly. But Mindanao, home to 20 million people, is rarely hit.
The deadliest typhoon to hit the country was Haiyan, which killed thousands and destroyed entire towns in heavily populated areas of the central Philippines in November 2013.
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