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.