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Typhoon No. 25 Leaves 114 Dead in the Philippines

Search operations continue in hard-hit Cebu.

Overview

  • Philippine defense officials said the death toll rose to 114, with more than 120 people reported missing.
  • Cebu province recorded over 70 fatalities and was still recovering from a late-September magnitude 6.9 earthquake that killed 79.
  • Authorities reported hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated as floods and landslides swept across central regions.
  • The storm made landfall in the early hours of November 4 and moved east to west across the country, inundating communities and triggering slides.
  • A military helicopter deployed for rescue efforts crashed in southern Mindanao on November 4, killing six crew members.