The death toll from typhoon Tembin in the southern Philippines has climbed to 240, which is likely to increase as more than 100 others are still missing.
Typhoon Tembin kills at least 240 in the Philippines (Photo VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The death toll from typhoonTembin in the southern Philippines has climbed to 240, which is likely toincrease as more than 100 others are still missing.
Local officials on December 25 revealed that thenumber of confirmed deaths from Tembin on Mindanao’s Zamboanga peninsula hadrisen to 78, while the death toll in Lanao del Sur province went up to 27. Thestorm killed 135 others in the northern part of Mindanao island.
Rescuers are still looking for 107 people in thethree areas.
Around 13,000 households in Mindanao with atleast 52,000 people have to welcome Christmas Day in evacuation camps.
Tembin hit Mindanao, the second biggest islandof the Philippines, on December 22, causing floods and landslides and isolatinga remote village. It made landfall one week after storm Kai Takleft dozens of people dead and over 20 unaccounted for in the centralPhilippines.
Each year, the Philippines has to suffer fromabout 20 storms, causing serious human and material losses. Typhoon Haiyan,which swept through the central Philippines in November 2013, killed thousandsand destroying many densely-populated cities.-VNA
Typhoon Tembin has killed 200 people and left dozens of others missing after wreaking havoc to the Philippines on December 22, Philippine police reported on December 23 night.
Mudslides and flooding triggered by typhoon Tembin killed 208 people and left 164 missing in southern Philippines as of afternoon of December 24, two days after the storm swept through Mindanao island.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged authorities and people of southern localities to keep a close watch on typhoon Tembin and must not be negligent as this is a particularly dangerous storm accompanied by high tide.
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Typhoon Tembin kills at least 240 in the Philippines (Photo VNA) 
