Rescuers carry a body recovered from a landslide caused by Typhoon Mangkhut in Itogon, Benguet province, Philippines on September 17, 2018. ( Aaron Favila / AP )Mangkhut is confirmed to have killed 65 people in the Philippines. The storm killed four other people in China, where Mangkhut weakened to a tropical storm as it churned inland Monday. "This typhoon really was super strong ... but overall, I feel we can say we got through it safely," Carrie Lam, the territory's chief executive, told reporters. The typhoon struck Asian population centres as tropical weather also was devastating the southern U.S. Florence dumped historical levels of rain on North Carolina.

Source: thestar September 17, 2018 09:49 UTC