Tropical Storm Ada: 2 dead in Sorsogon; floods displace Bicol, Visayas folk

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Two residents of Barangay Bariis in Matnog town, Sorsogon, were killed early Saturday when a rockslide triggered by Tropical Storm Ada (international name: Nokaen) destroyed their home, authorities said The victims, a 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman, were asleep inside their house when disaster struck at 12:10 a.m. amid heavy rains brought by Ada, the first major storm to enter the country this year. In neighboring Albay province, heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in several towns, rendering roads and bridges impassable and prompting evacuations. READ: TS Ada also poses lahar threat at Mt. […]... Keep on reading: Tropical Storm Ada: 2 dead in Sorsogon; floods displace Bicol, Visayas folk