18 dead, P112M crops lost in Rosita’s wakeBy EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZhome/News/Headlines/18 dead, P112M crops lost in Rosita’s wakeTyphoon Rosita (international code name: Yutu) has left 18 people dead, with most of the victims killed in landslides in Northern Luzon, authorities reported on Wednesday. Rescuers used hand tools in a desperate search for around 20 people buried in a landslide in Natonin town in Mountain Province. Four persons were reportedly killed in another landslide in Banaue, Ifugao province, and still another in a fire in Sagada, Mountain Province. Malacañang also on Wednesday expressed its condolences to the victims of the massive landslide in Natonin. “Most of the affected rice crops are on their reproductive stage, which were reported as partly damaged,” the DA said.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2018 16:18 UTC