A woman carrying a baby wading through a flooded area in Manila North Road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Co-may in Minalin, Pampanga in the Philippines on July 25, 2025. - Reuters
MANILA: After days of monsoon rains and flooding in the Philippines, tropical storm Co-may further exacerbated the situation in the north of the country on Friday (July 25).
At least 30 landslides occurred in the city of Baguio, authorities there said.
According to official reports, at least 25 people have died across the country since the heavy rains began about a week ago. Many of the victims drowned or were trapped under trees or debris.
A total of about three million people have been affected by the flooding, and around 280,000 are now homeless.
More than 24,000 schools were closed on Friday, the Philippine news channel ABS-CBN reported. School buildings served as evacuation centres in 10 regions of the island nation.
Tropical storm Wipha had previously caused chaos in the Philippines and other parts of South-East Asia in mid-July.
