Manila - At least 12 people were killed Saturday and at least 18 were missing as a powerful typhoon hit a large area of the Philippines, officials said.
Ten people were drowned before dawn and 12 more remained missing when flashfloods swept away houses near the bank of Rifao River in South Upi town in Maguindanao province, 930 kilometres south of Manila, according to village councillor Joy Veles.
'The river overflowed shortly after midnight so the people residing near the river bank were asleep when their houses were swept away,' she said.
An eight-year-old girl and her grandfather were buried in a landslide at a dumpsite in the southern city of Cotabato, 930 kilometres south of Manila, after overnight rains induced by typhoon Fengshen, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
The NDCC added six more people remained missing when rivers overflowed in the nearby towns of Alamada and Guindulungan.
The NDCC said Fengshen triggered heavy rains in eastern, central and southern provinces that caused landslides and mudslides as well as flashfloods.
More than 200,000 people in low-lying areas were evacuated as floodwaters submerged large areas in the central cities of Iloilo and Bacolod and the southern provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat.
Fengshen, with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 170 per hour, was spotted off the coast of Kalibo in the central province of Aklan, 360 kilometres south of Manila.
Several domestic flights were cancelled and inter-island ferry services were suspended, stranding thousands of passengers.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo met on Saturday with cabinet officials to ensure the smooth flow of relief operations in typhoon-affected areas.
god Dammit, I can't Play Hoops Because of this. i wanna play hoops. please but its ok its cold inside my room.
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