MANILA (AFP) - Super-typhoon Nanmadol battered the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, bringing heavy rain and causing landslides that left at least four people dead or missing, civil defence officials said.
Nanmadol, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, was hovering over the northern province of Cagayan, raising fears of more devastation to come the longer it remains in the area, officials said.
Two children were killed in a landslide in a hilly area north of the Philippine capital while two fishermen went missing in rough waters in separate incidents as the storm battered the country, regional officials reported.
More landslides are expected as heavy rains fall on mountainous areas, warned Major Rey Balido of the government monitoring centre.
