Tropical Storm Fengshen kills at least 7 in Philippines, heads for China
More than 22,000 people were evacuated as the storm, known locally as Ramil, brought torrential rain, floods, and landslides
The government’s disaster-mitigation agency said seven deaths were reported. Nearly 14,000 people who evacuated were still displaced from their homes by Monday morning, the agency said.
Known locally as Ramil, the storm caused torrential rains, floods and landslides at the weekend. The fatalities included a family of five who died after a tree crashed into their home, said Junie Castillo, a spokesman for the Office of Civil Defence, on Monday.
Two children were among those killed while they were sleeping in Pitogo town in the eastern province of Quezon, provincial police chief Romulo Albacea said. They died when their hut was hit early on Sunday by a huge palm tree that they had reportedly burned to try to topple it for safety reasons.