Asia-Pacific

Death toll from typhoon in Philippines hits 7

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-10-19 11:32

CAUAYAN, Philippines -?The death toll from the strongest cyclone to buffet the Philippines in years has risen to at least seven, including a mother and her two children whose house was crushed by a falling tree.

A family salvages what is left of their belongings after super typhoon Megi, known locally as Juan, hit Ilagan City, Isabela province, northern Philippines October 18, 2010. The Philippines declared a state of calamity in the northern Isabela province after super typhoon Megi hit shortly before noon on Monday, cutting off power and communications, forcing flight cancellations and putting the region's rice crop at risk. [Agencies]

Super Typhoon Megi lashed the northern Philippines on Monday, initially leaving three dead as it moved westward across mountains into the South China Sea.

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A regional disaster agency director, Eugene Cabrera, said Tuesday that four more people were killed in Pangasinan province north of Manila.

They include a mother and her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son who were pinned to death when a tree collapsed on their house. Another man was killed by lighthing in the same province.