MANILA, April 17 (dpa): The death toll in landslides and floods caused by this year's first tropical storm in the Philippines has risen to 172, with 110 people still missing, the national disaster agency said Sunday.
Of the victims, 156 were from Leyte province, some 600 kilometres south-east of Manila, where landslides devastated communities in Baybay City and Abuyog town.
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