FLOODING & LANDSLIDES KILL OVER 90 PEOPLE

Reports indicate that more than 90 people have been killed by flooding and landslides following heavy rain in the northern Philippines. At least 69 people were killed in Benguet province alone. The country is still dealing with the devastating aftermath of Typhoons Ketsana and Parma. There arereports that some of the latest landslides were caused by water that was released from dams in the wake of Typhoon Parma. Typhoon Ketsana left at least 300 people dead and hundreds of thousands stranded, while Typhoon Parma caused further damage just over a week later.