106 Dead, Missing in Philippine Storm

[Louisiana1976]

(CSB/AP) Philippine officials say the number of dead and missing from Tropical Storm Ketsana has climbed to at least 106 people.

The storm roared across the northern Philippines near Manila on Saturday, dumping more than a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours and setting off the worst flooding in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces in more than 42 years.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said Sunday that army troops, police and civilian volunteers rescued more than 5,000 people - many of them nervously clinging to each other on roofs and on top of passenger buses after the storm struck the previous day.

The newly-reported deaths included 12 villagers who died in a landslide in northern Pampanga province and nine others in Bulacan province, most of whom died by drowning.

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[Captain Hilts]

1. Too much bad stuff happens to the Philippines and its people. nt

[Peregrine Took]

2. Art Bell was doing his show from Manila on Friday night describing the

oncoming storm - very scary and what he does best.