A man uses an improvised float as he negotiates floods during a heavy downpour at a residential area after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intensified monsoon rains in Quezon city, Philippines, on Monday, July 21, 2025. - AP Photo/Aaron Favila
VIENTIANE (Bernama): Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam are on high alert as Typhoon Wipha continues to sweep across Sout-East Asia since the weekend - damaging homes and infrastructures as well as displacing thousands of people.
The Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's daily report revealed that about 800,000 people were affected by the tropical storm, five were dead, and seven missing.
