MANILA: The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities.
The casualties, including young children, were mostly killed when their homes collapsed in landslides after days of heavy rain in several provinces in the central Philippines, said Ricardo Jalad, executive director of the national disaster agency.
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