00:00Eyewitness video on Wednesday showed distressed locals gathered on a road in Libon, located
00:08within the central Philippine region of Bicol, as a landslide occurred and damaged buildings
00:13along with a guardrail.
00:15The landslide came after Tropical Storm Trami dumped heavy rain in Bicol on Tuesday, killing
00:20at least 26 people.
00:23Officials said most of the deaths from the storm over the past few days were due to drowning
00:28and landslides.
00:29More than 160,000 were forced to flee their homes after floodwaters reached as high as
00:35the roofs of bungalow houses.
00:37Trami, locally known as Severe Tropical Storm Christine, dumped heavy to torrential rain
00:42on the main island of Luzon.
00:45With maximum sustained winds of 95 km per hour, the storm was moving westward across
00:50the mountainous northern region of Cordillera, towards the South China Sea.
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