65 dead as ‘Kristine’ exits; U-turn feared

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TROPICAL Storm Trami (local name Kristine) blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 65 people dead in landslides and extensive flooding that forced authorities to scramble for more rescue boats to save thousands of terrified people, who were trapped, some on their roofs.

The 65 storm deaths included 26 villagers who died in floodwaters and landslides in hard-hit Bicol, an agricultural region and tourism destination southeast of Manila that is popular for Mayon, one of the country’s 24 most active volcanoes that has a near-perfect cone.

Eleven other villagers remain missing in Batangas, Col.Jacinto Malinao Jr.told The Associated Press by telephone from the lakeside town of Talisay, where he stood beside a villager whose wife and child were buried in the deep mound of mud, boulders and trees.

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Author / Journalist: Jim Gomez and Hau Dinh | The Associated Press

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