Tropical Storm Nalgae brings death and destruction to Philippines | USA TODAY #Philippines #Flood

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Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks trees and debris officials said Saturday. At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday said Naguib Sinarimbo the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas. Eight other people died elsewhere in the country from the onslaught of Tropical Storm Nalgae which slammed into the eastern province of Camarines Sur early Saturday the government's disaster response agency said.

Tropical Storm Nalgae brings death and destruction to Philippines | USA TODAY

#Philippines #Flood #StormFlash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris, officials said Saturday.

At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas.

Eight other people died elsewhere in the country from the onslaught of Tropical Storm Nalgae, which slammed into the eastern province of Camarines Sur early Saturday, the government's disaster response agency said.#

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