Residents evacuated from thigh-deep water as Typhoon Co-may batters Philippines

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Typhoon Co-may made landfall in northern Philippines on Friday (July 25), causing heavy rain, landslides and flooding and displacing thousands of people.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc7tnju9   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Typhoon Kome made landfall in northern Philippines on Friday morning, causing heavy rain, landslides

00:08and flooding and displacing thousands of people.

00:12The storm was upgraded from a tropical storm overnight and followed several days of intense

00:17monsoon rains that have battered the country since July 18.

00:21Authorities said at least 12 people had died and eight others remained missing due to weather-related

00:27incidents across the archipelago.

00:29The Philippine Coast Guard said evacuations were carried out in several provinces on

00:33Thursday.

00:35In Manila, tens of thousands were evacuated earlier this week after some neighborhoods were

00:40swamped in waist-deep floodwaters.

00:42The government ordered the suspension of schools across Luzon on Thursday as a precaution.

00:48Around 70 domestic and international flights have also been cancelled due to severe weather.

00:55The storm, which was weakening as it made its way north by northeast, is expected to be

00:59gone from the Philippines by Saturday morning.

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