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Manila: 20 Missing After Typhoon Vamco Lashes Philippines

VOA News

   Disaster response teams, police and soldiers joined forces Friday in a
   search for 20 people who have been missing in the Philippines since a
   typhoon made landfall in the capital city, Manila, earlier this week.

   Residents of the island of Luzon withstood winds of 150 kph (93 mph) as
   Typhoon Vamco passed through Wednesday, forcing more than 400,000
   people to evacuate or seek higher ground. According to the Associated
   Press, more than 3.8 million households lost power in the capital, with
   tens of thousands of homes destroyed by flash flooding and floating
   debris.

   Of the 1.6 million Philippines residents affected, early reports
   indicate that Typhoon Vamco killed at least 42 people. National police
   report that among the dead were at least 12 villagers who were trapped
   underneath mud and rockslides in the northern regions of Cagayan and
   Nueva Vizcaya.

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