At least 126 people dead and missing due to typhoon Tra Mi in the Philippines

(CLO) The death toll from massive flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Trami (Vietnamese name is Tra Mi) in the Philippines has risen to at least 126. The Philippine president said on Saturday that many areas remain isolated with many people needing rescue.

Specifically, before heading towards the East Sea and making landfall in central Vietnam, storm Tra Mi killed at least 85 people and left 41 others missing in the Philippines.

It was one of the most severe storms to hit the Southeast Asian archipelago this year, according to the Philippines' disaster agency. The death toll is expected to rise as reports come in from previously isolated areas.

Rescuers search for bodies after a landslide caused by Typhoon Tra Mi in Batangas province, Philippines on October 26. Photo: AP

Dozens of police, firefighters and other rescuers, aided by three excavators and sniffer dogs, dug out one of the last two missing villagers in the lakeside town of Talisay in Batangas province on Saturday.

At a basketball gym near the town center, more than a dozen white coffins were placed side by side for the bodies of people found in a pile of mud, boulders and fallen trees that rolled down the slopes of a mountain range Thursday afternoon in Talisay's Sampaloc village.

President Ferdinand Marcos, who toured another hard-hit area southeast of Manila on Saturday, said unusually heavy rains caused by the storm had overwhelmed flood control in provinces devastated by Typhoon Tra Mi.

An area devastated by landslides during Typhoon Tra Mi in Batangas province, Philippines on October 26. Photo: AP

Philippine authorities said more than 5 million people were affected in the storm's path, including nearly half a million who had to seek refuge in more than 6,300 emergency shelters in several provinces.

About 20 typhoons strike the Philippines each year. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones on record, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and flattened entire villages.

Bui Huy (according to AP)

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