Rescuers were racing to reach people stranded on rooftops and those seeking help via Facebook.
MANILA – Tropical Storm Trami made landfall on Oct 24 on the Philippines’ north-eastern coast, dumping more rains on a hard-hit region in the country’s main island and raising the death toll so far to at least 26.
Rescuers, meanwhile, raced to reach residents still stranded by flooding in the Bicol region in the southern part of Luzon island. According to the national weather service, the eye of the storm was passing over the northern Philippines’ mountainous interior as of 8am with maximum sustained wind speeds of 95 kmh.More than 30,000 people were forced to evacuate in Bicol on Oct 23, police said, as “unexpectedly high” flooding turned streets into rivers.
On Oct 24, rescuers were searching for a missing fisherman after a boat sunk in the waters off Bulacan province, west of Manila.
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