Dozens killed in Philippine landslides after tropical storm Kai-Tak

Tropical Storm Kai-Tak, known locally as Urduja, battered the area on Saturday with heavy rains, strong winds and flash flooding. Many areas were flooded, damaging crops and infrastructure.

Kai-Tak cut power supplies in many areas, forced the cancellation of several flights, stranded more than 15,000 people in various ports in the region and prompted more than 89 000 people to seek shelter in evacuation centers.

Kai-Tak has weakened to a tropical depression after barrelling through the eastern region of Visayas on Saturday, hitting islands and coastal towns such as Tacloban City where supertyphoon Haiyan claimed 8,000 lives in 2013.