Death toll in Philippine typhoons climbs to 27, 16 missing

FILE PHOTO: This handout photo taken September 26, 2025 and received through the Facebook page of Mobo Municipal Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office shows municipal workers clearing a road of fallen trees toppled during Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi in Mobo, Masbate province. The tropical cyclones left the archipelagic country with a trail of destruction, affecting nearly 907,000 families or more than 3.4 million people, whose houses were damaged by incessant rains and strong winds across the country. - Mobo Municipal Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office/AFP

MANILA: The death toll in the three successive typhoons that barreled through the Philippines this week, combined with flooding from the south-west monsoon, has climbed to 27, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Monday (Sept 29).

The NDRRMC also reported that the search continues for at least 16 people still missing from the flooding and landslides triggered by typhoons Mirasol, Ragasa, and Bualoi.