Typhoon kills six, displaces nearly 8,000 in Philippines
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Manila - Typhoon Kalmaegi killed six people and displaced nearly 8,000 people as it battered the northern Philippines on the weekend, the national disaster relief agency said Monday.
More than a dozen ferry trips and nearly 50 domestic flights were cancelled as the storm hit Sunday, cutting off electricity in eight northern provinces.
Kalmaegi was packing maximum winds of 120 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph, the weather bureau said.
Schools were closed in Manila and northern provinces.
At least six people died when a ferry sank Saturday evening in rough seas off the eastern province of Leyte, the national disaster relief agency and the navy said.
Three bodies were recovered shortly after the accident, three more were retrieved on Monday by navy ships, navy Lieutenant Commander Marineth Domingo said.
Rescuers saved 113 people from the boat that was en route to the southern city of Surigao.
DPA
