In this image provided by the Department of Public Works and Highways, Mountain Province District Engineering Office, rescuers dig through the earth to search for survivors after a massive landslide in Natonin township, Mountain Province in northern Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A massive landslide set off by a typhoon crashed down on two government buildings in a northern Philippine mountain province, officials said Wednesday. (DPWH MPDSEO via AP)
Tropical Storm Usman, which entered the Philippines on Christmas Day, has killed at least 16 people as it churned across several provinces, triggering floods and landslides and forcing thousands to flee to safer grounds.
The storm has displaced at least 17,000 people in the Bicol region in the southern part of the Philippines' main Luzon island. Three died in Albay province due to a landslide, while seven more were killed in Masbate, most of them drowning, the region's civil defense office said in a statement. Six more deaths were reported from Sorsogon and Camarines Sur provinces.
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