Residents of a northern Philippine town are picking up the pieces following one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this year. At least 126 people are dead and missing after Tropical Storm Trami ravaged northern and central provinces.
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Located between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, the Philippine archipelago is regarded as the doorway for about 20 typhoons and storms that barrel through its 7,600 islands each year, some with devastating force.
Fernan Cosme, a 59-year-old village councilor, told the AP that the towering ridge surrounding Talisay’s northern fringes has never posed any major risks, at least in his lifetime. The key worry has always been the volcano, which has been restive on and off since the 1500s. Kervin de Torres, a carpenter, wanted a safer community for his daughter Kisha, a high school student, but he and his wife separated and she bought a house close to the Talisay ridge, where she lived with Kisha without him. Kisha was in the house when she was buried by the landslide. The mother survived.
Dozens of police and volunteers dug furiously with shovels until a foot emerged in the mud. De Torres looked on anxiously and wept when the remains of a young girl were raised and placed in a black body bag. He nodded when asked if it was his daughter. Teary eyed residents expressed their sympathies as he followed police officers carrying the daughter’s remains to a morgue for identification.
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