Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars and prompted authorities to scramble for motorboats to rescue trapped villagers,

Tropical storm Trami, which has triggered heavy flooding in Philippines, killed at least 40 people and displaced tens of thousands in the country

Another five people were killed in a flash flood in the coastal village of Subic Ilaya, police corporal Alvin de Leon said. While Manila was seemingly spared the kind of heavy flooding that accompanied Typhoon Gaemi in July, AFP reporters on Oct 25 saw a subdivision south of the capital that was largely submerged.