by Francis Earl Cueto - Arlie O. Calalo - Agence France-Presse
Oct 25, 2024 12:20 am
RESCUERS raced Thursday to reach residents still stranded by flooding in the hard-hit Bicol Region, after torrential rains from Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) submerged villages and killed more than 20 people.
Schools and government offices were shuttered across the northern Philippines as the storm made landfall on Luzon after first paving a trail of destruction south of the capital.
LANDSLIDE CASUALTY This handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard taken on Oct. 23, 2024, received on Oct. 24, shows rescuers retrieving the body of a resident in Guinobatan, Albay, following a landslide due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. PHOTO BY PCG/AFP