Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains dumped by a typhoon have killed 20 people and left three missing in the Philippines, the country's disaster agency said on Monday. The weather bureau said Typhoon Kujira was centered off the coast of the south-eastern province of Catanduanes in Luzon island and was slowly moving to the north-east, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near the centre.
Among the dead are a 2-month-old girl whose house collapsed and a 1-year-old girl who died of injuries from a landslide. Thousands of residents were evacuated to schools and government offices at the weekend. The central province of Albay, about 550 km (340 miles) from the capital Manila, declared a state of calamity at the weekend.
Officials pegged the damage to infrastructure and agriculture caused by the typhoon at 148.77 million pesos ($3.1 million). Most of the farm damage was to rice and corn crops.