In despair: A woman looking outside from her flooded home following tropical storm Wipha. — AP
THE nation shut down schools and cancelled flights as torrential rains driven by a typhoon and a separate tropical storm pounded the country’s northern island of Luzon.
Typhoon Co-May, upgraded from a tropical storm overnight, follows days of monsoon rains that have killed at least 12 people and left another eight missing across the archipelago since July 18, according to the national disaster agency.
