MANILA, Sept 27 - The death toll from a tropical storm that swept across the central Philippines and southern Luzon has risen to 10, disaster officials said yesterday, as the country's north continued to recover from the impact of a super typhoon.
Government work and classes in many parts of the country, including in Metro Manila, were suspended ahead of Tropical Storm Bualoi. It struck just a few days after Super Typhoon Ragasa left a trail of damage in the northern Philippines, killing 14 people before wreaking havoc in Taiwan, where at least 15 people died.
The latest storm made landfall in Eastern Samar, in the central Philippines, before crossing into Masbate and sweeping through the Bicol region in the southern part of the country's biggest island Luzon.
Disaster officials said three of the fatalities were in Masbate province. One was hit by a falling tree, another drowned, while the third was killed when a wall collapsed.
The Civil Defence Office said that seven others died in the central Philippines following flash floods and storm surges triggered by the storm.
[SRC] https://newswav.com/article/tropical-storm-bualoi-sweeps-through-philippines-death-toll-rises-to-10-A2509_OYBPBs
