Typhoon Ewiniar enters Philippines and kills three including seven-month old baby, now heading to Japan

The Philippine Coast Guard, children are evacuated from a flooded area by coast guard personnel in Lucena, Quezon Province, amid heavy rain brought by tropical storm Ewiniar. A severe storm battered the Philippines' most populous island on May 26, dumping heavy rain and causing flooding that forced more than 8,000 people to flee their homes. - AFP

MANILA (Bloomberg): The first typhoon to enter the Philippines this year killed at least three people in the South-East Asian nation, further gaining strength as it heads to Japan.

A seven-month-old baby and two others died Sunday after they were hit by falling trees in Quezon, a province near the capital, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has reported.