Residents of a northern Philippine town are picking up the pieces following one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this year
Raynaldo Dejucos speaks beside coffins of the family he lost in a landslide triggered by Tropical Storm Trami during their wake at a basketball court on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines. As a storm pounded his rural home below a ridge with rain and wind, Raynaldo Dejucos asked his wife and five children to stay indoors and keep safe from a lightning strike, slippery roads or catching a fever.
— the deadliest of 11 storms to hit the Philippines this year. The storm veered toward Vietnam across the South China Sea after leaving at least 126 people dead and missing. More than 5.7 million people stood in the storm's path in northern and central provinces. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Kamal Kishore, who heads the U.N. disaster-mitigation agency, warned during a recent conference in the Philippines that disasters, including those caused by increasingly ferocious storms, were threatening more people and could derail the region’s economic progress if governments don’t invest more in disaster prevention.
"Many take the risks,” Cosme said of Talisay villagers, who have grown accustomed to Taal's volatility and survived in its shadow. A distraught de Torres showed his daughter's picture to police officers who on Saturday searched for the last two missing people — Kisha and a baby from another family.
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