The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue.
Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 85 people dead and 41 others missing in in one of the Southeast Asian archipelago’s deadliest and most destructive storms so far this year.
Dozens of police, firefighters and other emergency personnel, backed by three backhoes and sniffer dogs, dug up one of the last two missing villagers in the lakeside town of Talisay in Batangas province.
Rescuers carry a body during retrieval operations after a landslide triggered by Tropical Storm Trami, struck homes in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines.A father, who was waiting for word on his missing 14-year-old daughter, wept as rescuers placed the remains in a black body bag. Distraught, he followed police officers, who carried the body bag down a mud-strewn village alley to a police van when one weeping resident approaching him to express her sympathies.
A rabbit doll sits on a mud-covered sofa after a landslide triggered by Tropical Storm Trami struck homes in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines.Residents carry their pig to safer grounds after floods caused by Tropical Storm Trami, locally named Kristine, continue to inundate Libon town, Albay province, Philippines.A man navigates flooded streets caused by Tropical Storm Trami on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines.Rescuers ferry residents trapped in their homes after floods caused by Tropical Storm Trami inundate their village at Nabua, Camarines Sur province, Philippines.