Most of the dead and missing were poor people forced to live in identified “danger zones” despite government warnings of the risks they face during storms. A 12-year-old girl drowned in a rain-swollen river in a Manila suburb, city officials said. In Calamba City south of Manila a flash flood washed away a riverside shanty, leaving six inhabitants, including a two-year-old missing. There was a flash flood and it washed out their two-story house,” Calamba City disaster management office head Noriel Habana said. Typhoon Talim was yesterday 865km east of the Philippines’ northern tip and moving toward Taiwan.

Source: Taipei Times September 12, 2017 15:56 UTC