Rescuers search for bodies as 'Paeng' death toll hits 101

This handout photo taken on Oct. 30, 2022 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard on October 31 shows a rescue worker using a makeshift pole as they conduct search operations in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao province, after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit the region. The death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines has jumped to 98, the national disaster agency said October 31, with little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas.

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DATU ODIN SINSUAT — Rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 101.

Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), which destroyed villages on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday.

Mindanao is rarely hit by the 20 or so typhoons that strike the Philippines each year, but storms that do reach the region tend to be deadlier than in Luzon and central parts of the country.

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