MANILA - Tropical storm Ma-On caused three deaths in the Philippines, its disaster agency reported on Thursday (Aug 25), with the storm currently headed towards south-eastern China. Two people were confirmed dead, both hit by a fallen tree in mountainous northern provinces of Kalinga and Cagayan, while one drowning in eastern Camarines Sur province is being verified, the disaster agency...
MANILA - Tropical storm Ma-On caused three deaths in the Philippines, its disaster agency reported on Thursday , with the storm currently headed towards south-eastern China.
It brought heavy rains that flooded communities and caused landslides before exiting land on Tuesday evening. In April, Tropical Storm Megi triggered landslides in coastal provinces, with 144 confirmed deaths in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that sees an average of 20 tropical storms a year.
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