Tropical Storm Hits Philippines, Leaving Over 25 People Dead

A tropical storm Megi recently swept over the Philippines causing landslides that have claimed the lives of over 25 people.

This is the first tropical storm to hit the country since a major typhoon last December. Rescue crews are still struggling to retrieve people stranded in the eastern and southern coasts.

Megi – known locally as Agaton – hit the archipelago on Sunday with winds of up to 65km (40 miles) per hour. More than 13,000 people fled to higher-ground shelters as the storm lashed the east coast.

Heavy rain and winds knocked out power supply, flooded homes and fields and caused mudslides in villages.

Shared images showed rescuers going through muddy swamps using rafts on fast flowing rivers. They were doing this to try and reach isolated areas of submerged homes.

The province of Leyte is one of the areas that have been affected the most. 22 bodies were retrieved from there after the landslide buried them.

“I was crying because I know the people buried there and I was also scared because there were mountains behind our house,” one Leyte resident told reporters.

The national disaster agency also confirmed that at least three people had died in the Davao region in the south.

Scientists say human-caused climate change has led to a greater intensity and power in tropical storms. The Philippines has experienced some of its most deadly storms since 2006.

It’s been ranked as one of the nations most vulnerable to climate disasters due to its geography.

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