Philippine storm toll rises to 43 as hopes fade for dozens missing
The storm's slow movement caused large volumes of rain to fall on the central Philippines,MANILA: The death toll from a tropical storm that pummelled the central Philippines rose to 43 with hopes fading for dozens of others still missing after massive landslides, authorities said Tuesday. The island accounted for 30 of the 43 deaths, with 31 residents missing, authorities said. The storm’s slow movement caused large volumes of rain to fall on the central Philippines, government weather forecaster Jun Galang told AFP. “It stayed almost stationary so it dumped a lot of rain and caused a lot of landslides which caused many deaths,” Galang said. The Philippines is battered by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly.
Source: The Express Tribune December 19, 2017 07:30 UTC
