Toll could rise as internet and mobile phone networks are still cut off in some badly damaged areas
A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16 lives, authorities have said.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Typhoon Phanfone: Christmas storm kills 13 in the PhilippinesThe dead include a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted, a man killed by a tree branch and another killed in a car accident.
Read more »
Philippines counts cost of deadly typhoonTyphoon Phanfone, with gusts of close to 190km/h, hit an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
Read more »
Philippines typhoon brings Christmas Day miseryPeople stranded in evacuation centres and at ports as Typhoon Phanfone passes over string of islands
Read more »
This is what Nessa and Smithy’s son Neil from Gavin and Stacey looks like nowBaby Neil from Gavin and Stacey will return for the Christmas special on Christmas Day.
Read more »
Free Christmas Day dinners for homeless and lonelyFree Christmas food distributed to homeless, elderly and lonely people in Wales thanks to an army of volunteers
Read more »