The death toll in the Philippines from tropical storm Megi has risen to 76 while hundreds of thousands of others remain displaced, authorities in the country said Wednesday
Many of the deaths came in landslides and floods caused when the storm made landfall on Sunday, battering the eastern and southern coasts of the Philippines with sustained winds of up to 65 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 80 kph .The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said at least 29 people remain missing and eight others are injured.
"There were landslides in communities and then some of the victims were swept by floods," Collado said.The mayor of Abuyog, in Leyte province, said on Facebook that a landslide had"wiped out" Pilar, a local barangay or neighborhood, in a"catastrophe that broke my heart".At least 25 dead in landslides, floods after tropical storm Megi hits PhilippinesThe landslide had taken place even as pre-emptive evacuation efforts took place, Lemuel Gin K. Traya said in his post.
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