Soldiers and police joined emergency workers and volunteers to search for survivors and victims, clear debris and restore power and communications. The storm was moving west on Sunday, over some outlying Philippine islands and the South China Sea towards southern Vietnam. This photo taken on December 23, 2017 shows people looking a the bodies of victims who died during Tropical Storm Tembin in Lanao del Norte on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by a tropical storm that battered the southern Philippines leaving at least 182 dead, police and aid agencies said on December 24. The cause was not known but an investigation was being launched as authorities searched for the bodies of the victims.

Source: New Strait Times December 24, 2017 04:52 UTC