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This handout photo released on December 18, 2017 by Philippine National Police Regional Office VIII (PNP-8) via their Facebook account shows rescuers carrying a body bag containing the body of a resident killed by a landslide following heavy rains triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak in the town of Naval in the central Philippine province of Biliran. (Handout / PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE VIII / AFP)

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26 killed by ‘Urduja’

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said yesterday that 26…

December 19, 2017

Villagers wade through a flooded street in Brgy Calingatngan, in Borongan, on easterm Samar in central Philippines on December 16, 2017. A boy drowned and tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak pounded the eastern Philippines, cutting off power and triggering landslides, officials said / AFP PHOTO / ALREN BERONIO

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‘Urduja’ crosses Visayas, whips Southern Luzon

Slow-moving tropical cyclone "Urduja" (international name "Kai-tak") has crossed the Visayas but…

December 18, 2017