Three dead, dozen missing in typhoon

Water situation: A motorcyclist traversing a flooded street after Typhoon Molave hit the town of Pola, Oriental Mindoro province. — AFP

Three people died and a dozen others are missing after a typhoon triggered flooding across the central Philippines, officials said, with thousands still sheltering in evacuation centres.

Typhoon Molave struck on Sunday, inundating low-lying villages and farmlands, knocking down power lines and destroying hundreds of houses as it crossed the archipelago.