More than 100 people dead after tropical storm hits Philippines

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Sinarimbo said the official tally of missing people did not include most of those feared missing in the huge mudslide that hit Kusiong, because entire families may have been buried and no member was left to provide names and details to authorities.The catastrophe in Kusiong, populated mostly by the Teduray ethnic minority group, was particularly tragic because its more than 2,000 villagers have carried out disaster-preparedness drills every year for decades to brace for a tsunami because of a deadly history.WATCH | Aftermath of tropical storm Nalgae in the PhilippinesAftermath of tropical storm Nalgae in the Philippines"When the people heard the warning bells, they ran up and gathered in a church on a high ground," Sinarimbo told The Associated Press on Saturday, citing accounts by Kusiong villagers.Elderly villagers who survived the tsunami and powerful earthquake passed on the nightmarish story to their children, warning them to be prepared.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inspected the extent of damage aboard a helicopter over Cavite province Monday and later handed boxes of food and other supplies to storm victims in Noveleta town, where some residents were trapped on their roofs at the height of flooding over the weekend."

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