Five dead, two missing as Tropical Storm Fengshen soaks Philippines

Heavy flooding reported successful respective cardinal Philippine islands, including Samar and Panay, forcing thousands to evacuate.

At slightest 5 radical person been killed and 2 reported missing arsenic Tropical Storm Fengshen sweeps done the Philippines, triggering dense flooding connected the main land of Luzon and a immense landslide connected the confederate land of Mindanao.

In Quezon state successful the northbound of the country, 5 members of 1 family, including 2 children, were crushed to decease erstwhile a histrion fell connected their bamboo location aboriginal connected Sunday, according to Philippine catastrophe bureau officials successful the municipality of Pitogo, wherever the incidental took place.

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Images posted connected societal media by officials showed the location destroyed nether the value of a ample thenar tree, arsenic a rescue squad worked to region the bodies of the family.

According to a connection shared connected societal media, a teenage lad was the lone subsister of the mishap successful Pitogo, astir 153km (95 miles) southeast of the superior Manila.

More than a twelve flights were ordered cancelled by aviation authorities arsenic Fengshen hovered implicit Luzon, situated conscionable southbound of Manila, arsenic of Sunday afternoon. The tempest was reported to beryllium moving westbound towards the South China Sea.

The AFP quality bureau quoted officials successful southeastern Luzon arsenic saying astatine slightest 47,000 radical had near their homes for the information of government-designated impermanent shelters since Saturday. At slightest 5 dams connected Luzon land opened their gates to merchandise h2o connected Sunday, according to the nationalist upwind agency, Pagasa.

In the cardinal Philippines, dense flooding was reported by officials connected the islands of Samar and Panay, forcing residents to evacuate.

One idiosyncratic was injured successful the municipality of Estancia connected Panay Island aft helium was pinned down pursuing the illness of his woody house, the ABS-CBN quality website reported.

Rumagasa ang baha sa ilang barangay sa Calbayog City, Samar dahil sa hagupit ng bagyong #RamilPH sa lugar ngayong Linggo, October 19. | via Ranulfo Docdocan

(Courtesy: Reymark Espinosa) pic.twitter.com/dJAV5eOdZo

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 19, 2025

Translation: Raging floodwater inundated respective areas of Calbayog City successful Samar owed to Tropical Storm Ramil [Fengshen] arsenic of Sunday, October 19.

In the state of Bukidnon connected the confederate land of Mindanao, 2 radical were reported missing aft their motorised three-wheel conveyance fell disconnected a road pursuing a ample landslide triggered by the dense rains.

Public works officials said the highway, which connects Bukidnon to the neighbouring Davao region, is present blocked to traffic.

On average, the Philippines is deed by astir 20 storms and typhoons each year, and scientists pass that utmost upwind events are becoming much almighty arsenic the satellite warms owed to human-driven clime change.

Fengshen besides comes arsenic the Philippines started to retrieve from a bid of large earthquakes that killed astatine slightest 87 radical implicit the past 3 weeks.

In a Facebook station published connected Sunday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the state needs to “strengthen its catastrophe preparedness and response” arsenic it is “very prone to having disasters and calamities”.