MANILA, Sept 3, 2024 (BSS/XINHUA) - The death toll from flooding and
landslides triggered by tropical storm Yagi in the Philippines has risen to
14, the government said Tuesday.

Edgar Posadas, spokesperson for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council, said 12 deaths were reported in Luzon Island and central
Philippines.

Another two deaths were from a province southwest of Manila, while four
people were still missing in a province east of Manila.

The victims, including a pregnant woman and children, died from drowning,
landslides, electrocution or other accidents due to the impact of the
tropical storm.

Since the weekend, torrential rains triggered by Yagi and the southwest
monsoon have caused massive flooding in the Philippine capital Manila and
other parts of the archipelago. Landslides swallowed homes and buried
villages.

The Philippine weather agency said Yagi intensified on Tuesday, blowing
westward of the northern Philippines' Ilocos Norte province at 25 km per
hour, packing 85 km per hour winds and gusts up to 105 km per hour.

It said that Yagi was going to leave the Philippines on Wednesday morning,
saying that Yagi is forecast to intensify throughout the forecast period and
may reach severe tropical storm category in the next 12 hours and typhoon
category on Thursday.

About 20 typhoons lash the Philippines yearly.