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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 13 september 2017

4 dead, 6 missing in floods and landslides in Philippines

tinued moderate to heavy in metropolitan Manila’s
rain in Manila and nearby Pasay city while bathing
provinces along the storm’s in a river during the heavy
path could trigger more downpour.
floods and landslides. Twenty-two passengers on
Disaster response official El- a bus stranded in floodwa-
mer Espiritu said two broth- ters were rescued in Que-
ers aged 14 and 17 died zon province, officials said.
when a landslide covered A stronger storm, Talim,
their home at the foot of a was located 865 kilometers
hill before dawn in Taytay (537 miles) east of the Phil-
town near Manila. Officials ippines’ northern tip and
ordered mandatory evac- was moving toward Taiwan
uations in risky areas after and eastern China.
some residents refused to Talim was due to make
leave, he added. landfall on Taiwan late
In Quezon province, a Wednesday and officials
2-month-old girl was killed there were especially con-
and seven others were in- cerned about mudslides in
jured when a concrete mountainous parts of the is-
wall around a hospital col- land. Taiwan’s government
Enterprising residents use an improvised raft which is made of used plastic bottles to ferry com-
muters through a flooded street after overnight rains brought about by tropical depression Mar- lapsed on three houses in was contacting the heads
ing, inundated low-lying areas Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 in Bacoor township, Cavite province south Lucena city after heavy of mountain villages, ar-
of Manila, Philippines. A tropical depression has dumped heavy rains in the Philippines, flooding rain soaked the soil at the ranging free evacuations
metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces and causing a landslide. wall’s base, officials said. to shelters, and monitoring
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Police also reported that rivers and mudslide-prone
a 12-year-old girl drowned areas.q
By TERESA CEROJANO cluding five residents of 21 flights were canceled or
Associated Press Laguna province, where diverted.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) floods swept away a house The weather bureau said
— A tropical depression next to a swollen river, disas- Tropical Depression Maring
dumped heavy rain on ter relief officials said. The made landfall in eastern
the Philippines on Tuesday, other missing person was Quezon province Tuesday
flooding metropolitan Ma- reported in nearby Cavite morning and was moving
nila and nearby provinces province, where several ar- northwest with winds of 60
and causing landslides and eas were submerged. kilometers (37 miles) per
flash floods that killed at Financial markets, govern- hour and gusts of up to 100
least four people. ment offices and schools kilometers (62 miles) per
Six others were missing, in- were closed and at least hour. It warned that con-
Report: Togo postpones parliament session

By ERICK KAGLAN Thousands of people across for Gnassingbe’s resigna-
Associated Press the small West African na- tion.Main opposition party
LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s tion have been demon- spokesman Eric Dupuy said
parliament suspended its strating for term limits on the heads of a parliamen-
session Tuesday as oppo- President Faure Gnass- tary commission are ex-
sition members protested ingbe, who has been in pected to meet Wednes-
the lack of a promised dis- power since his father died day to review the draft bill.
cussion of constitutional in 2005. The protests began It was not clear when a
reforms, while anger grew last month, when security vote on it might take place.
over the 50-year-rule of the forces killed at least two A similar constitutional re-
Gnassingbe family. people and injured several form draft bill was rejected
Opposition lawmakers others.The government last two years ago in parlia-
want a discussion on rein- week introduced a draft ment, where the ruling par-
stating the country’s 1992 bill on constitutional reform ty holds a majority of seats.
constitution, which includ- in parliament in an effort to Though Gnassingbe has
ed presidential term limits contain the growing anti- not said he would run
and two rounds of voting government protests that again in 2020, the opposi-
to allow the opposition to have seen police fire tear tion has said it suspects he
reassemble behind one gas at a peaceful sit-in as will not quit power unless
candidate. opposition members called compelled to step down.q