Iran Press/ Asia: Floods and landslides in southern provinces caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae take the toll to 72, with 14 people still unaccounted for, officials say.
Maguindanao province was the most affected with 67 people dead, while two were killed in Sultan Kudarat, another two in South Cotabato and the rest of the casualties spread across the Visayas region in central Philippines, agency spokesperson Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro told the DZMM radio station.
The tropical storm, which has maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers (59 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 160 kph (99.4 mph), made landfall in the eastern Catanduanes province early on Saturday.
It will bring heavy and at times torrential rains over the capital region and nearby provinces on Saturday as it cuts through the main Luzon island and heads to the South China Sea, the state weather agency said in its latest bulletin.
On Friday, search and rescue teams pulled bodies from the water and thick mud after Nalgae triggered flooding and landslides.
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