Thousands flee in storm-weary Philippines
2 Jan 2018 3:40 PM GMT
Manila: Two people were killed and thousands fled strong winds and floods as a tropical depression hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, following deadly back-to-back storms during the Christmas season.
The deaths were reported on Cebu island, where an elderly woman was killed in a landslide while a man died after he hit his head on the pavement as the storm cut off electricity in the area. Tropical Storm Kai-Tak killed 47 people in the central Philippines last month, while Tropical Storm Tembin killed 240 on the southern island of Mindanao. The state weather service warned the new disturbance was poised to hit the western tourist island of Palawan with gusts of 65 kilometres per hour on Tuesday.
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